Two years after the Brexit deal between Great Britain and the EU, the border question is boiling again.
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Belfast At three in the afternoon, a traffic jam suddenly forms on the Flurrybridge at the border. Two men in British customs uniforms carry a sign out into the street and place it next to a brown wooden house. “British Customs – all vehicles including cyclists must stop,” reads on it. The two men position themselves next to it and look grimly at the cars rolling by.
The protest in November was intended to remind residents of the island of Ireland what it was like when there were border posts between the British part of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. “They closed the bridge here in 1957,” says one of the organizers, Declan Fearon. “It was an absolute impertinence for the residents. We will not allow a border to emerge here again. “
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