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French Fishermen Prepare To Block UK Trucks In Brexit Protest 04/22/21 AT 8:49 PM More than a hundred French fishermen were readying Thursday night to block trucks carrying fish from the UK, in a protest against a Brexit fishing deal they have dismissed as "a sham". Protesters were spending the night at a checkpoint where lorries carrying fish from Britain into the northern French ports of Dunkirk and Calais are subject to hygiene checks, now that the UK has left the European Union. The fishermen set fire to pallets and tyres to stay warm at the Boulogne-sur-Mer checkpoint, in France's busies...

Dozens protest in 'warning shot' over Britain wanting to take back control of its waters

More than 100 French fishermen are taking part in a blockade to stop lorries carrying fish from the UK in a protest against a Brexit fishing deal they dismiss as a sham. Since Thursday night, protesters massed at a checkpoint where lorries carrying fish from Britain into the northern French ports of Dunkirk and Calais are subject to hygiene checks, now that the UK has left the EU. French fishermen hold a banner as they block lorries carrying UK-landed fish to protest for the slow issuance of licenses to fish inside British waters. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol The fishermen set fire to pallet...

More than a hundred French fishermen blocked trucks carrying fish from the UK on Thursday night in a protest against a Brexit fishing deal they have dismissed as 'a sham'.  Britain's post-Brexit trade deal with the European Union allowed the bloc's fishermen to keep fishing deep into British waters, but only once they had received a licence. Those licences were expected to be issued swiftly but instead some 80 per cent of the French fleet in the northern Hauts-de-France region - who can see Britain's southern shores from their own coastline - were still waiting, French fishermen said. 'We ...

French fishermen vow to block UK trucks in Brexit protest Issued on: 23/04/2021 - 13:20 French fishermen stand near a banner as they gather as part of a protest action against the delay in granting licenses to access British waters at the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer on 22 April, 2021. © AFP/Denis Charlet 3 min Around 150 French fishermen stationed at have said they will block trucks carrying fish from the UK, in a protest against a Brexit fishing deal they dismissed as "a sham". Advertising Read more Protesters we...