As Brexit looms, leaders of key organisations warn of its potentially disastrous impact
“It’s very, very worrying. Brexit is already impacting Northern Ireland: at the moment, if someone goes south and needs medical treatment, they are covered. But we don’t know if that will remain [when the UK leaves the EU],” says Marie Brown, director of Foyle Women’s Aid in Derry, which supports women and children dealing with domestic violence. “Northern Ireland voted for remain. We didn’t want this.”
Like many others working in public services on the island of Ireland, Brown is angry that in all the debate around the Irish backstop, politicians in Westminster are paying too little attention to the fact that a no-deal Brexit would mean the return of a hard borderthat could put lives as well as livelihoods in danger, for residents on both sides of the border.
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