French fishing protest off Jersey

Updated May 6 2021 - 8:34pm, first published 8:29pm
UK PM Boris Johnson says there is an urgent need for a de-escalation in tensions over Jersey.
UK PM Boris Johnson says there is an urgent need for a de-escalation in tensions over Jersey.

France has despatched two maritime patrol boats to the waters off the British Channel island of Jersey after Britain deployed two of its naval vessels in an escalating row over post-Brexit fishing rights.

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