Under the radar? Be afraid, (some) be VERY afraid!
Mar 21st 2021, 7:35 pm
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That article gives the impression that they are only after criminals, hence the 500 figure. However they already know how to find them and deal with them, but they would need training a bit if it was the overstayers and unregistered that they were after.
I hope they do try and get rid of the illegals as well as the criminals, but I’m not going to get my hopes up. They have never done anything about the thousands of illegal Brit vehicles in Spain. Any white van with a UK plate is 99.9% likely to be illegal but they still get away with it. Also, any UK plated car in Spain after April 1st is likely to be owned by an overstayer or illegal.
I hope they do try and get rid of the illegals as well as the criminals, but I’m not going to get my hopes up. They have never done anything about the thousands of illegal Brit vehicles in Spain. Any white van with a UK plate is 99.9% likely to be illegal but they still get away with it. Also, any UK plated car in Spain after April 1st is likely to be owned by an overstayer or illegal.
Although it’s not just criminals the Spanish police will be after, it will be all British nationals that haven’t applied or obtain residency to which the Spanish police force expects to be at least 500 persons.Failure to return to the UK will see offenders fined heavily, deported with likelihood bans on returning to EU destinations.
Mar 21st 2021, 10:46 pm
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Re: Under the radar? Be afraid, (some) be VERY afraid!
I know it says that, but if you are talking about Brits under the radar, 50000 would be a more realistic figure.
Mar 21st 2021, 11:05 pm
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Mar 21st 2021, 11:26 pm
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OK, worked it out, call all British illegals 'Zebedee' of MAGIC ROUNDABOUT fame...
Keeps it simple...
Keeps it simple...
Mar 21st 2021, 11:30 pm
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Re: Under the radar? Be afraid, (some) be VERY afraid!
But the last word in the clip is tomorrow and we all know what that means.
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Mar 21st 2021, 11:38 pm
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Rosemary, next time, tell me something I don't know...
Mar 22nd 2021, 5:43 am
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Re: Under the radar? Be afraid, (some) be VERY afraid!
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Also just in the past few weeks I've heard two first hand accounts of UK regged cars being lifted from the road outside non resident currently absent owners properties which would seem to suggest that post Brexit Trafico still have access to DVLA records in which case targeted stops are a real possibility.
They have never done anything about the thousands of illegal Brit vehicles in Spain.
That might have been true in the past but until now they've had little incentive.
Any white van with a UK plate is 99.9% likely to be illegal but theystill get away with it have been getting away with it.
Also, any UK plated car in Spain after April 1st is likely to be owned by an overstayer or illegal.
Certainly any found being driven, I wouldn't relish the idea of being one roadside check away from arrest, detention, and deportation.
That might have been true in the past but until now they've had little incentive.
Any white van with a UK plate is 99.9% likely to be illegal but they
Also, any UK plated car in Spain after April 1st is likely to be owned by an overstayer or illegal.
Certainly any found being driven, I wouldn't relish the idea of being one roadside check away from arrest, detention, and deportation.
Mar 22nd 2021, 6:39 am
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And - if it's true - why wasn't it possible to have done so while we were still a member of the EU? Albania isn't even an EU member state.
Mar 22nd 2021, 7:48 am
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Re: Under the radar? Be afraid, (some) be VERY afraid!
Initially aimed at criminals and those with something to have run away from the suggested spot checks in popular Brit watering holes should keep more than a few afraid and awake at night, 500 can only represent the tip of a very big iceberg!
https://global247news.com/2021/03/09...-costa-blanca/
https://global247news.com/2021/03/09...-costa-blanca/
Mar 22nd 2021, 11:00 pm
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Mar 23rd 2021, 8:31 am
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Mar 23rd 2021, 9:16 am
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Mar 23rd 2021, 10:21 am
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Mar 23rd 2021, 10:35 am
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For the life of me I cannot even understand why someone who had left the UK to start a new life in Spain, would vote for Brexit.
Appears to be a complete contradiction to me...
I like the rest of all you who have left the UK and taken up residency here in Spain, can still vote in UK referenda and elections, FOR 15 YEARS, after we left!
Appears to be a complete contradiction to me...
I like the rest of all you who have left the UK and taken up residency here in Spain, can still vote in UK referenda and elections, FOR 15 YEARS, after we left!
Mar 23rd 2021, 12:18 pm
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For the life of me I cannot even understand why someone who had left the UK to start a new life in Spain, would vote for Brexit.
Appears to be a complete contradiction to me...
I like the rest of all you who have left the UK and taken up residency here in Spain, can still vote in UK referenda and elections, FOR 15 YEARS, after we left!
Appears to be a complete contradiction to me...
I like the rest of all you who have left the UK and taken up residency here in Spain, can still vote in UK referenda and elections, FOR 15 YEARS, after we left!
Many of those in Spain who voted Leave are likely some of the same ones who are illegal migrants 'under the radar' in Spain.
Ironic, if that's the case...