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Britain to submit new Irish border proposals as Brexit end-game looms

2019-10-03 09:04:42       source:Global Times

October 2, 2019


Britain is expected to submit new proposals to avert a post-Brexit hard border on the island of Ireland this week as most British ministers are attending an annual conference focusing on Brexit. 

The issue of what happens to the border after Britain leaves the European Union (EU) has become one of the main stumbling blocks for the Brexit deal with Brussels so that a Monday report by Irish national broadcaster RTE about hard borders caused a frenzy of comments Tuesday in Dublin, London, Brussels as well as Manchester where Prime Minister Boris Johnson and most of his ministers are attending the annual Conservative Party Conference. 

Citing leaked government proposals, the RTE said that Britain is proposing setting up "customs clearance centers" on both sides of the Irish border after Brexit. 


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