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No part of the United Kingdom has felt the impact of Brexit more strongly than in Northern

Ireland. David Baker has been finding out why.

It's a cold, wet winter morning and I'm standing on the ridge of a hill. To my right is Northern

Ireland, part of the United Kingdom. To my left is the Republic of Ireland, a member

of the European Union which Britain left in 2020. You can't see any sign of a border

here but this is where the UK meets the EU. Making Northern Ireland itself the focus

of passionate debate about Britain's future relationship with Europe.

Britain has seen the Northland Protocol as an existential threat to Northern Ireland.

It's pushing us away from Britain, it's pushing us towards the Republic of Ireland.

If business doesn't grow what happens is that we get unemployment, we lose prosperity.

What you have left is residual angry community, mired in poverty, the environment in which

violence can emerge.

I'm David Baker and in this edition of Assignment I've come to the front line of Brexit to discover

its impact on the people of Northern Ireland and their sense of identity.

For 30 years Northern Ireland was the scene of almost constant violence. More than 3,600

people were killed and tens of thousands injured. The conflict was about many things, not

least the long-running historical dispute about the province's status, whether it should

be part of a United Ireland or remain part of the United Kingdom.

The conflict, also known as the Troubles, was brought to an end in 1998 by what is called

the Good Friday Agreement. And for almost two decades, by and large Northern Ireland has enjoyed

peace. But for many in the province, that agreement has been undermined by Brexit, Britain's

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