Brexit: EU officials to be stationed in Northern Ireland within weeks in UK climbdown
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mirror.co.ukEU officials will be stationed permanently in Northern Ireland within weeks in a Brexit climbdown by the UK. Under a pact agreed yesterday, officers under Brussels’ control will supervise checks on trade that is happening within the UK’s borders.
Starting from January 1, they will oversee checks on some goods being traded from east to west, within the UK, from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.
EU chiefs say the checks - which the UK agreed to last year - are essential because there’ll be no border between the UK’s Northern Ireland and the EU-member Republic.
In order to avoid a massive border loophole, goods that arrive from Britain to Northern Ireland - but are deemed “at risk” of moving into the EU later on - will need EU customs
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