A row has broken out over the UK government’s refusal to grant many licences for French fishermen to work in British waters after Brexit. One fisherman, Laurent Merlin, told the BBC that they are “in a constant state of anxiety and anger” and added: “We are waiting until Friday, and then we’ll start to organise ourselves to attack.”
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