BREXIT
British plan to open Northern Ireland borders raises eyebrows
London/Dublin — Britain has said there should be no border posts or immigration checks between Ireland and the British province of Northern Ireland after Brexit, in a paper that attempts to resolve one of the most complex aspects of its departure from the EU. About 30,000 people cross the 500km-long border every day without customs or immigration controls. Negotiators must work out new arrangements without inflaming tension in a region that suffered decades of bloody turmoil before a peace deal in 1998. As part of a series of papers Prime Minister Theresa May hopes will push forward talks with the EU, the government outlined on Tuesday its vision for a "frictionless" customs system, which one EU politician described as "fantasy". Wednesday’s publication drew heavily on those proposals as a solution for Northern Ireland that would not involve "physical border infrastructure and border posts" or electronic surveillance. Reaching agreement with the EU on this was top of Britain’s list ...
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