From a surge in racist attacks to anger over food shortages and chaos at the border, some risk experts are warning that Britain’s potential exit from the EU without a deal could lead to violence and unrest.
“People see the government putting out some pretty strong rhetoric on immigration, pushing for a no-deal Brexit,” he said. “These sorts of indications make it seem there’s quite a high likelihood that people will feel legitimized to encourage or force foreigners out of the country.”
The police chiefs council also warned it could lose access to an E.U.-wide system that allows the sharing of information about wanted or missing people in real time, a database Britain accessed 539 million times in 2017. E.U. membership guarantees the “frictionless” movement of goods and people throughout the bloc, which will end for Britain when it leaves.
Members of the official IRA seen manning a barricade in the Bogside in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, in April 1972.There is currently no physical border, with seamless trade and travel underpinning the 1998 Good Friday Agreement that helped end decades of conflict in the region known as “the Troubles.”
A physical border could also act as a recruiting tool for violent groups if the region’s economy is affected, Cullen said. The document also says there will be protests and may be “a rise in public disorder and community tensions,” but gives no details.
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