Children must not be a casualty of short-sighted Brexit

Tanya Ward says it is in the best interests of all children for Britain to stay within an EU-wide common child protection system.

Children must not be a casualty of short-sighted Brexit

Since the Good Friday Agreement was signed in 1998, a generation of children have grown up in the border counties without a physical and psychological border. A generation has been born, north and south, that did not experience the human rights atrocities of the troubles. This is the success of the Good Friday Agreement.

But how many of us today know what is in the Good Friday Agreement? And why is it relevant for us in the current Brexit talks betwen Britain and the European Union. And what does it mean for children?

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