With mediterranean sunshine and 6 beaches why are not more Brits moving to Gibraltar? Perhaps it has been answered in the Gibraltar 2 thread but reading 133 pages is just too much. Perhaps there should there be a Gibraltar forum section?

Is it because there isn't room for any more?

I would imagine the apartment prices are out of reach of the average brit on a pension; not to mention the availability of said apartments.

It's expensive to buy an apartment in Gib. There seem to be loads of new apartments being built on the eastern side not far from the (now demolished) Caleta Palace hotel but they look cramped and very high rise.

Both Worlds have a percentage of apartments at lower prices for over 55s I believe.

Most people live in or around La Linea because it's cheaper.

PS. We are very frequent visitors to Gibraltar and really like it.

Thanks for putting me straight. I made the mistake of comparing the population density and property prices with Brighton not with Spain. Have property prices in Spain decreased in view that so many Brits have left or are leaving? In Lagos (Portugal) they are building like made and the prices have gone through the roof.

​​​​​​Yo u are right, thousands of Brits have left Spain since Brexit but they have been replaced with other Northern Europeans so the prices have not decreased. In this area (east of Malaga) Brits have sold to Dutch, Belgian, French and German nationals and property is in demand.

In our area of Portugal (inland Castro Marim) properties are selling well too.

Spain 'illegally restrains' British crew in Gibraltar as answers demanded

gbnews.com

Who says thousands of Brits have left Spain since Brexit?

I wonder if there would be so much noise about it if the vessel had been carrying something or someone to harm Gibraltar? The Spanish shouldn't have been in those waters but the article doesn't state where they first spotted the vessel travelling without navigational lights or AIS or how far into the territorial waters they were. If the ghost vessel was in Spanish waters when they were spotted then they would have been doing their neighbours a favour.

I'm no sailor but the chances of 2 systems malfunctioning at the same time seems a bit remote.

A simple electrical fault could take both those systems out plus possibly many more.
The vessel was a port tender used for supplying ships at anchor in Gibraltar waters.
Any suspicions about the vessel should have been communicated to the Gibraltar authorities.