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So in what state does this leave the Northern Irish border? If EU freedom of movement no longer applies, does this mean there will be a hard border between Irel
by tremon 6y ago
So in what state does this leave the Northern Irish border? If EU freedom of movement no longer applies, does this mean there will be a hard border between Ireland and Nothern Ireland after all?
- orange_tee 6y agoThe border checks will happen between Northern Ireland and Great Britain instead of between Ireland and Northern Ireland. In return for this concession, Northern Ireland will continue following some EU rules.
- alimw 6y agos/UK/GB/
- orange_tee 6y agoGood catch, thanks.
- diegoperini 6y agoCan you please explain? I'm not from any of the islands.
- sbuk 6y agoThe country is officially known as The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Great Britain consists of 3 countries; England, Scotland and Wales. So the border Checks are between NI and GB not NI and UK.
- Smaug123 6y agoGreat Britain is the big island where England, Wales, and Scotland mostly are. There will be "border checks" down the Irish Sea, on goods which are travelling within the United Kingdom (specifically between Northern Ireland and Great Britain).
- smackay 6y agoThe Americans would never tolerate a hard border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Too much time, effort and blood went into getting the Good Friday Agreement. The border with Northern Ireland still exists, only it got moved to the Irish Sea.
- mtmail 6y agoThe Americans were not part of the negotiations.
- smackay 6y agoReally? That would be news to Ambassador George Mitchell, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_J._Mitchell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_J._Mitchell
- djohnston 6y agoOP probably won't read it, so here: > He was a primary architect of the 1996 Mitchell Principles and the 1998 Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland, and was the main investigator in two "Mitchell Reports", one on the Arab–Israeli conflict (2001) and one on the use of performance-enhancing drugs in baseball (2007).
- joefife 6y agoThey are guarantors of the Good Friday Agreement. Yes, I know, my instinct is also to say it's none of their business. But in the case of the GFA, it is.
- x86_64Ubuntu 6y agoI don't think anyone in the US cares that much. And have you seen our foreign policy over the last 20 years? You really don't want us getting involved.
- Tomte 6y ago
- tambourineman88 6y agoNo. There's been the Common Travel Area since 1923.
- mytailorisrich 6y agoThat does not mean no border. That just means that Irish and British can freely cross the border but may need to show passport/id.
- TazeTSchnitzel 6y agoThere are special provisions for Northern Ireland, the so-called “backstop”, in the EU withdrawal agreement which was signed a year ago.
- MLR 6y agoThe UK and Ireland impose passport controls on the EU (Common Travel Area) which won't change, with regards to customs checks we're engaging in a bit of legal theatre to claim that NI is remaining inside the UK customs area but de facto it will be in a customs union with the EU/the Republic of Ireland and the customs border will be between Great Britain and the island of Ireland as a whole.