Madrid has accused Gibraltarians of cross-border tobacco and liquor smuggling, and that could be used as a pretext for closing the frontier, effectively cutting off Gibraltar's 30,000 residents.

马德里一直指责直布罗陀人进行跨境烟酒走私；而此种行为可能会成为关闭边境的托辞，从而有效地将直布罗陀3万名居民隔离开来。