UK Sends Naval Ships to Jersey Amid Fishing Dispute With France

UK Sends Naval Ships to Jersey Amid Fishing Dispute With France
HMS Tamar leaves Portsmouth, England, on Dec. 31, 2020. Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images
Alexander Zhang
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The UK government has dispatched two Royal Navy ships to Jersey as French fishing boats gathered near the island in protest over post-Brexit fishing rights.

Downing Street said that HMS Severn and HMS Tamar have been sent to the region as a “precautionary measure” and the UK and Jersey governments would continue to work closely on the issue.