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A BUREAUCRATIC ‘blockage’ could be the reason that some eligible Norman and Breton fishermen have not received their full Jersey fishing licences, the External Relations Minister has said.

MINISTERS are discussing whether Jersey should take in Afghan refugees, following the UK’s announcement that it will resettle up to 20,000 people fleeing the country.

FISHERMEN could once again be stopped from landing their catches in France from next week and the supply of electricity to the Channel Islands could be under threat, it has been announced, as the long-running fishing dispute intensifies again.

JERSEY has been warned of potentially ‘more violent’ protests over fishing rights unless the crisis can be resolved, the president of the La Manche region has confirmed.

JERSEY’S government has given in to ‘threats and intimidation’ from French authorities, the president of the Jersey Fishermen’s Association has said after an amnesty period for Gallic vessels to fish in Island waters was extended.

THE large multinationals being targeted by the newly planned global minimum tax rate are ‘not a significant feature of Jersey’s business model’, a finance industry spokesman has said.