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Originally Posted by Oberon
That only works if they come in as passengers, they're not even doing that now, they come via lorries and to stop and scan every single lorry that uses either the Chunnel or the Ferries would slow down traffic and cause massive tail backs.
Then there's the small boats making quiet runs between France and the UK, not so easy to do any more thanks to modern radar, but I imagine that the smarter ones will find ways, tucking in behind cargo ships perhaps to mask the radar return and then darting out to land on a beach at night.
We'd have to up our spending on border security a hell of a lot if the French withdrew their co-operation.
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Those are the possibilities that the counter-measures would have to be funded for to guard against.
It is now up to the electorate to dictate to the government whatever requirement is necessary.
Same for the French mind, massive congestion etc. should they decide to renage on a treaty that has nothing to do with the EU.