How do other countries that have a border with the EU do it?? Why should Ireland be any different?
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How do other countries that have a border with the EU do it?? Why should Ireland be any different?
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Ireland is a completely unique case.Originally Posted by OP67
Some non-EU countries that border the EU are in the single market or Schengen (Norway, Switzerland, Liechtenstein etc.) and thus accept freedom of movement, so there are effectively no border checks on people, with the majority of customs stuff being done electronically. We can't do this because we refuse to accept freedom of movement.
Others that aren't (Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, the Balkans) aren't part of this, so they have normal 'hard' borders. The problem with this in Ireland is that the two countries are far too linked for it to be acceptable for the people that live there. People live and work on opposite sides of the border (I think it even goes through a house at one point), which makes a 'hard' border unworkable.
Obviously this should all have been explained and thought about before the referendum, but here we are. If we've learned one thing it's hopefully that we leave politicians to do their job properly and decide on stuff like this for us.
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