A hard Brexit would make a hard border inevitable in Northern Ireland, say MPs

December 5, 2017 Carol Millett

Traffic crossing the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland
 

A hard Brexit would make a hard border “inevitable” between Northern Ireland and Ireland, MPs have warned Border checks between Ireland and Northern Ireland, and at Holyhead, Milford Haven and Fishguard, appear “inevitable”, if the government sticks to its hard Brexit plan to leave the single market and customs union, according to the Exiting the European Union Committee. The committee’s latest report welcomes the government’s commitment to no physical infrastructure at the land border between Northern Ireland and Ireland. It […]




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