Two years after the Brexit deal between Britain and the EU, the border issue is boiling again.
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Belfast At three in the afternoon, a traffic jam suddenly forms at the Flurrybridge at the border. Two men in British customs uniforms carry a sign out onto the street and place it next to a brown wooden house. “British Customs: All vehicles, including cyclists, must stop,” it read. The two men stand next to him and look sadly at the passing cars.
The November protest was intended to remind residents of the Irish island 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 to the residents. We will not allow a border to emerge here again. “
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