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Added on the 26/11/2021 09:49:12 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
French fishermen block access to the Channel Tunnel freight terminal, to demand the settlement of post-Brexit fishing disputes with the UK. IMAGES
In the port of Calais, French fishermen block the ferry traffic heading to England, while demanding a settlement in their post-Brexit fishing dispute with the UK. IMAGES
French fishing boats that were off the coast of Jersey to protest against fishing conditions imposed on French sailors after Brexit, return to the port of Barneville-Carteret in France. IMAGES
It comes after Paris threatened retaliation over London denying some French fishermen a licence to operate in UK waters.
Many people breathed a sigh of relief after the UK and EU reached a last-minute post-Brexit trade deal last year. But for French fishermen in Normandy and Brittany opposite the Channel Islands, Brexit spells disaster. The accord nullified their access to fish in Jersey's territorial waters. After pressure from Brussels and France, the island issued temporary licences to French boats – but these are due to expire at the end of April. FRANCE 24's David Gilberg and Julia Kim went to meet some of the fishermen caught up in the post-Brexit bureaucratic storm.