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French fishermen to block three ports and Channel Tunnel over post-Brexit licences row
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French fishermen will block access to three ports and the Channel Tunnel on Friday amid a row over post-Brexit fishing licences.
They will block access to the ports of Saint-Malo, Ouistreham and Calais and freight trucks coming to the Channel Tunnel terminal for "a few hours," said Gérard Romiti, the chairman of the French national fisheries committee, at a press conference.
"We don't want handouts, we just want our licences back," he said.
As part of the post-Brexit divorce agreement signed by London and Brussels, European fishermen can continue to fish in British waters provided they can prove they were fishing there before.
France has obtained more than 960 licences for fishing in British waters and near the Channel Islands but is still
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