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#BREAKING Two French patrol boats deployed to Jersey: coast guard

#UPDATE Two French patrol vessels have been sent to waters close to the Channel island of Jersey, where more than 50 French fishing boats are protesting over fishing rights, French maritime authorities told AFP

📸 French fishing boats protest off the British island of Jersey

#UPDATE Britain and France sent navy and coastal patrol ships to waters near the Channel island of #Jersey on Thursday as tensions spiralled between the two neighbours over post-Brexit fishing rights u.afp.com/UmNr

#BREAKING French boats leave Jersey waters after fishing protest: fishermen

#UPDATE Roughly 50 French fishing boats that converged on the Channel island of #Jersey on Thursday to protest against new rules on access to its waters have begun to head home, one of the fishermen told AFP u.afp.com/UmxR