Family In Gibraltar Braces For June’s ‘Brexit’ Referendum

By Lauren Frayer
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A Pro-Brexit campaigner hands out leaflets at Liverpool Street station in London, Wednesday, March 23, 2016. With less than three months to go until a June 23 referendum, Britain's anti-EU campaigners are bitterly divided, with two rival camps battling over which will be the standard-bearer in the campaign, and over how to win the historic vote. Frank Augstein / AP
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A Pro-Brexit campaigner hands out leaflets at Liverpool Street station in London, Wednesday, March 23, 2016. With less than three months to go until a June 23 referendum, Britain's anti-EU campaigners are bitterly divided, with two rival camps battling over which will be the standard-bearer in the campaign, and over how to win the historic vote. Frank Augstein / AP

Family In Gibraltar Braces For June’s ‘Brexit’ Referendum

By Lauren Frayer
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The British territory Gibraltar is located at Spain’s southern tip and it is geographically part of the European continent. A family in Gibraltar is concerned whether Britons will vote this summer to exit the European Union. The dad is a U.K. citizen and his wife is Spanish. If Britain votes to leave the EU, she’s among 10,000 cross-border commuters whose jobs and lives could be disrupted.

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