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Previously on "Regaining control of "our" borders"

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  • northernladyuk
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    Originally posted by stek View Post
    I just show them my (Irish) driving licence or PSC card, Ryanair insist on a passport though, ferries absolutley nothing. I'm frequently stopped at Dublin port though by the Garda, UK reg cars (two different ones), suspect they think I'm avoiding VRT...


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  • I just need to test it
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    Those beans are, ahem, imported.

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  • darmstadt
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    Originally posted by Eirikur View Post
    Let me explain brexit in one simple picture:
    You would have to replace those baked beans with these for the person who your response is to: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-new...ew-jars-238906

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  • Eirikur
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    Originally posted by shaunbhoy View Post
    Probably down to your pronounced sloping forehead and the obnoxious stench of pickled garlic.

    HTH

    Let me explain brexit in one simple picture:

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  • shaunbhoy
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    Originally posted by Eirikur View Post
    can someone explain me why I had to wait 2 hours at Gatwick for UK Border control???? (Internal EU flight)
    Probably down to your pronounced sloping forehead and the obnoxious stench of pickled garlic.

    HTH

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  • NotAllThere
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    Originally posted by Eirikur View Post
    FYI Those countries may not be part of the EU but they are part of the Schengen zone, when arriving form outside Schengen you will (or at least should) go through passport control
    Since July last year, even from inside Schengen, at airports, there are passport checks. You may remember the fuss about long queues at Spanish airports.

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  • Eirikur
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    Originally posted by BlasterBates View Post
    even Switzerland and Iceland don't have one.
    FYI Those countries may not be part of the EU but they are part of the Schengen zone, when arriving form outside Schengen you will (or at least should) go through passport control

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  • stek
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    Originally posted by BlasterBates View Post
    Nope legally you have to let them all in.

    The illegal ones who are blocked at the border because they have a criminal record can simply come in via Ireland.

    In other words border control is a complete waste of time, even Switzerland and Iceland don't have one.
    They have border control at Copenhagen airport for trains to Sweden over the bridge, because of the regufee crisis but honestly it's a pathetic attempt, ISTR manned to G4S employees stood next to a checken wire fence. Swedish for customs is 'Tull' BTW, amused my Jethro Tull fan mate....

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  • stek
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    Originally posted by meridian View Post
    I’ve gone the other way before. Drove from my home in Donegal, over the border to Derry, and took a flight to Dublin on my (non-EU) passport (left the EU one at home for some reason).

    Got stopped at Dublin security and they threatened to put me back on a plane to Derry for not having the correct passport. They didn’t seem to understand my argument that I could then just get in my car in Derry and be back in Dublin in 3 hours with no passport control.
    I just show them my (Irish) driving licence or PSC card, Ryanair insist on a passport though, ferries absolutley nothing. I'm frequently stopped at Dublin port though by the Garda, UK reg cars (two different ones), suspect they think I'm avoiding VRT...

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  • BlasterBates
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    Originally posted by original PM View Post
    I think it is more that once you have had your 2 hour wait then we get the chance to say yes come in or no go away.

    As opposed to having to let in every 'EU citizen'
    Nope legally you have to let them all in.

    The illegal ones who are blocked at the border because they have a criminal record can simply come in via Ireland.

    In other words border control is a complete waste of time, even Switzerland and Iceland don't have one.

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  • meridian
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    Originally posted by stek View Post
    When i fly from Dublin to Gatwick to visit UK office via Aer Linctus no passport required, no border control, bus to terminal, out the door/train to Croydon.

    And thats tge CTA folks, a whacking great hole in this control of our borders con.
    I’ve gone the other way before. Drove from my home in Donegal, over the border to Derry, and took a flight to Dublin on my (non-EU) passport (left the EU one at home for some reason).

    Got stopped at Dublin security and they threatened to put me back on a plane to Derry for not having the correct passport. They didn’t seem to understand my argument that I could then just get in my car in Derry and be back in Dublin in 3 hours with no passport control.

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  • WTFH
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    Originally posted by stek View Post
    And thats the CTA folks, a whacking great hole in this control of our borders con.
    Which will have to stop cause that's what they voted for.

    The fun and games will start when they realise it and then try to work out how to twist or blame their way out of it or just fudge the answer.

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  • stek
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    Originally posted by Eirikur View Post
    Whatever "our" means
    This was one of the main arguments for voting for brexit
    So if you don't have control over your borders at the moment, can someone explain me why I had to wait 2 hours at Gatwick for UK Border control???? (Internal EU flight)

    If having no control over the border means waiting for 2 hours to get through border control I wonder what it will mean if you do get control over your borders.

    On a side note, Operation stack will probably run 24/365 with lorries parked around the entire M25 in two directions
    When i fly from Dublin to Gatwick to visit UK office via Aer Linctus no passport required, no border control, bus to terminal, out the door/train to Croydon.

    And thats tge CTA folks, a whacking great hole in this control of our borders con.

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  • original PM
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    I think it is more that once you have had your 2 hour wait then we get the chance to say yes come in or no go away.

    As opposed to having to let in every 'EU citizen'

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  • Eirikur
    started a topic Regaining control of "our" borders

    Regaining control of "our" borders

    Whatever "our" means
    This was one of the main arguments for voting for brexit
    So if you don't have control over your borders at the moment, can someone explain me why I had to wait 2 hours at Gatwick for UK Border control???? (Internal EU flight)

    If having no control over the border means waiting for 2 hours to get through border control I wonder what it will mean if you do get control over your borders.

    On a side note, Operation stack will probably run 24/365 with lorries parked around the entire M25 in two directions

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