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amzad
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open border with ireland

Post by amzad » Thu Jan 17, 2008 3:41 am

does britain really have an open border with ireland? if you fly from london to dublin, do they check passports?
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open border with ireland

Post by vinny » Thu Jan 17, 2008 7:09 am

See also Common Travel Area between Ireland and the United Kingdom and Chapter 1 -General provisions > Section 2 - Common travel area and E-borders kills off UK-Ireland passport free travel.
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Post by Dawie » Thu Jan 17, 2008 11:37 am

The reality of the situation at the moment is this:

1) There are no immigration controls on the land border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

2) If you are flying from London to Dublin, the Irish always seem to check passports at Dublin International Airport.

3) If you are flying from Dublin to London, the UK authorities treat all incoming flights from the Republic of Ireland as domestic flights and have absolutely no immigration checks on anyone arriving from the Republic.
In a few years time we'll look back on immigration control like we look back on American prohibition in the thirties - futile and counter-productive.
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Post by ci07jjs » Thu Jan 17, 2008 8:21 pm

Dawie wrote: 1) There are no immigration controls on the land border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
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really? an UK immigrant friend of mine got arrested a while back crossing the border from ni to ireland....
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archigabe
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Post by archigabe » Thu Jan 17, 2008 8:41 pm

The Northern Ireland - ROI border seems to be getting regulated now by Guarda immigration and BIA. See this story and this story for more details
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Post by Liberal Immigrant » Thu Jan 17, 2008 11:37 pm

Dawie wrote:The reality of the situation at the moment is this:

1) There are no immigration controls on the land border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
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not anymore!!
checks are now very common, a friend of mine was caught crossing over and they turned him back!
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Post by Dawie » Fri Jan 18, 2008 3:13 pm

There may be random checks by the police but there are certainly no fixed formal immigration controls. They would simply not be politically acceptable to people living on both sides of the border.

I would be more concerned by the proposal to implement passport checks between Northern Ireland and mainland Britain, both parts of the UK.
In a few years time we'll look back on immigration control like we look back on American prohibition in the thirties - futile and counter-productive.
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