French fishers block three ports and Channel tunnel access road

Symbolic' protests do not halt traffic but are intended as warning shot in post-Brexit fishing licences row

French fishing crews mounted symbolic" protests at the Channel tunnel and three ports in northern France in a day of action against the British government over the ongoing dispute about access of French boats in the Channel.

The fishers lit red flares as they started their protest on Friday at the port of Saint-Malo before moving on to Calais and the Channel tunnel in the afternoon.