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I agree Victoria, UK have plans, but I think it's going to be a highly debatable issue that will drag on. The UK/Ireland borders are not really planned properly, some buildings are even between borders! It will be hard to implement with many smaller roads, but certainly not impossible as happened during the Troubles.VictoriaS wrote:You omit to mention that the UK have plans to end the Common Travel Area and to stick immgration on the border.
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I thought the plan was to leave the northern-republic of ireland border open but stick immigration control between northern ireland and the rest of the UK.guli wrote:I agree Victoria, UK have plans, but I think it's going to be a highly debatable issue that will drag on. The UK/Ireland borders are not really planned properly, some buildings are even between borders! It will be hard to implement with many smaller roads, but certainly not impossible as happened during the Troubles.
Also, if UK ends CTA, it might mean/force UK to join the Schengen Travel Agreement. You might know more about the history and agenda behind CTA.
Coincidentally, I live at the borders of Northern Ireland and drive to the south to get petrol (legal, or rather no law against it, yet)
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I'm not sure the actual plans are, but there are already random immigration control (more like identity check but they are IO officers, not police) when you fly in from mainland UK airports to Northern Irish airport nowadays.paulp wrote: I thought the plan was to leave the northern-republic of ireland border open but stick immigration control between northern ireland and the rest of the UK.
Border control will probably be introduced at the ferry terminals as well.guli wrote:I'm not sure the actual plans are, but there are already random immigration control (more like identity check but they are IO officers, not police) when you fly in from mainland UK airports to Northern Irish airport nowadays.
In fact, before the 1998 Peace agreement, there were police control when you fly either ways between mainland UK and Northern Irish airports all the time.
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The end of the Common Travel Area wouldn't force the UK to join the Schengen area. Ireland would like to be part of the Schengen area (or so it said when the area was implemented), but it was faced, essentially, with a choice between joining the Schengen area and remaining in the Common Travel Area because the UK decided not to be part of the Schengen zone.guli wrote:Also, if UK ends CTA, it might mean/force UK to join the Schengen Travel Agreement. You might know more about the history and agenda behind CTA.