@JDragon : It seems that neither the British nor the Irish people actually want anything to do with the border wall and inspections posts that the E.U insists that must go up between Ireland and Northern Ireland in case of No Deal, so do you happen to know which company will actually be in charge of building such a "hard border" and who will administer them in the future? Is it gonna be a 310-miles long steel and concrete wall or a chain-link fence? Which peace-keeping force are tasked with protecting the E.U inspection posts from being blowned up on the job by terrorists?
There are a lot of chatters about this E.U/U.K border and how it must be built per E.U laws, but I can't seem to find much concrete info at all about its implementation from the same E.U officials.
Since No Deal Brexit is two months away and a hard border supposedly must go up immediately after that, would be nice if anyone have some hard info on that project.
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What's the problem?
If Brexit happens, the 310-mile Irish border will represent the only land border between the UK and the EU.
As well as no longer being in the EU, Northern Ireland is likely to end up with different rules and standards to its neighbour, the Republic of Ireland.
That's because the UK intends to leave the customs union and single market - arrangements designed to make trade easier between EU countries.
Lorries travelling to the EU from Northern Ireland would be required to stop at the border for document checks and some product inspections. This would be to ensure their goods meet EU standards.
In theory, such checks would mean things like cameras and security posts, creating a so-called "hard border".
Concerns have been raised that the return of a hard border could
jeopardise the Good Friday Agreement. This helped bring the period of violence in Northern Ireland
known as "The Troubles" to an end.
Who would build the border posts?
One proposal, in the event of a no-deal Brexit, is to allow physical checks on animals and other goods to take place in "
mobile units away from the border".
However, existing EU law states that animal checks must take place at designated Border Inspections Posts (BIPs) "
in the immediate vicinity of the point of entry" - which would include the Irish border.
The EU says "geographic constraints" are the only exception (eg mountains, cliffs, valleys, rivers). In these cases, "a certain distance from the point of introduction may be tolerated."
So getting the EU to allow checks to take place away from the border, for non-geographic reasons, would require a change in the rules.
But no one has started building border posts and the UK and Irish governments say they don't want a hard border.
So there is a very real question, in the event of a no-deal Brexit, about who would actually install the border posts if the EU insist they're necessary.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-48826360