Irish border issue a huge challenge for post-Brexit UK

It's almost 500 kilometres long and has 208 crossings. All of them open, without customs and checkpoints. That's because the UK and Ireland are in the EU's single market and customs union. But for UK, Brexit means leaving both.

How to keep the border open has become one of the most divisive issues in the Brexit negotiations.
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How to keep the border open has become one of the most divisive issues in the Brexit negotiations.

One of the most complex issues the UK faces as it negotiates an exit from the EU concerns membership of the customs union. 

There's fear that leaving it might undermine the peace process in Northern Ireland. 

At the heart of that lies the open border between the north and the south, and how to maintain it after Brexit. 

TRT World's Europe correspondent Simon McGregor-Wood reports.

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