Member

We have had the great argument here about whether we should have a border on the mainland. I live about five miles from the border, in the city of Londonderry, and I cross it regularly. I have noticed that the guards have continual checks on the border there now and on all major border roads, because of immigrants using Northern Ireland to get into the south. In fact, I was crossing the border very recently and my own car was stopped, with the boot and bonnet checked. There were quite a number of guards, and they were there for some time. Not so long ago, I went to another border road, where we still had checkpoints. We were told that it would be wrong to have checkpoints, but they are happening on a daily basis.