British PM David Cameron.
BRITISH Prime Minister David Cameron has said a vote to leave the European Union risks having to implement checks on people leaving the North for either the Republic or the United Kingdom.
That could mean checkpoints and customs posts going back up along the Derry and Donegal border if the public back the ‘Leave’ campaing.
The referendum on the UK membership of the EU will be held next Thursday, June 23.
Mr Cameron was speaking at Prime Ministers Questions on Wednesday.
He was asked by the SDLP Foyle MP Mark Durkan if a so-called Brexit meant a return to border customs posts and checkpoints on the Irish border.
Mr Cameron replied in a leave scenario there could be new border controls or “some sort of checks” as people left Belfast to go to the rest of the UK.
However ‘Leave’ campaigner, the DUP’s Sammy Wilson, has previously stated does not believe there would be Irish border controls.
“There’s a land border between France and Switzerland and you don’t have sealing of the border, so why would Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland be any different?”
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