French fishermen block ports in spat with UK

French fishermen empty their boat after a blockade at the port of Saint-Malo, western France (Jeremias Gonzalez/AP)

French fishing crews have blocked French ports and ferry traffic across the  Channel to disrupt the flow of goods to the UK, in the continuing dispute over post-Brexit fishing licences.

The action is the latest tension point between the neighbouring countries, which are also trading blame for not doing enough to prevent the deaths of at least 27 migrants whose boat sank on Wednesday off Calais, in the choppy waters of the world’s busiest shipping route.