The port of Ibiza has a new border post
Eivissa
05/12/2017
The Immigration and Border Police have new offices for border control at the Port of Ibiza now that the The Port Authority of the Balearic Islands (APB) has materialised their request to install and adapt the existing port facilities to current police requirements “in order to carry out border management in a proper and effective manner”, as National Police Chief Inspector Luis Alfonso Fernandez put it.
In the mid-2015 Schengen self-assessment process of Spain’s external borders, it was concluded that the Port of Ibiza lacked sufficient police facilities and thus the necessary infrastructure to effectively perform proper border management.
Another factor the APB took into consideration when undertaking this facility was the increase in the number of vessels calling at the island from countries not belonging to the Schengen Area, accompanied by a steady increase in the number of travellers. Therefore, it decided to refurbish the border post at the Port of Ibiza and declare it a Schengen external border.
Waiting for the new Passenger Terminal
The police station is currently housed at the provisional Botafoc Marine Terminal, pending the construction of the new Maritime Passenger Terminal. There are currently four National Police officers stationed there: one sub-inspector, two First Class officers and one constable, who now have all the necessary equipment for their work at their disposal.
The main duties carried out by the border post include monitoring and control of vessels, passengers and crew-members from third countries, visas and stamping of passports, physical control of recreational vessels arriving at the island from third countries, and being present at loading and off-loading operations of coastal vessels, among others.
