In theory, yeah, I guess that that Brexit would permit for customs checks to be done.
But in practice, you’ve got the Republic of Ireland, which I assume will have free interchange with parts of the EU where the hornets are established, and I don’t think that hornets are going to care much about the Northern Ireland-Republic of Ireland border, even if you guys and the Irish did come up with some kind of way to do checks there, despite the Good Friday Agreement.
And they managed to get into Canada, and looking online, it looks like Canada doesn’t allow import of soil from anywhere other than the US, and we in the US don’t allow it from anywhere at all.
I suspect that if soil restrictions weren’t sufficient to stop them there, they probably also won’t stop them from traveling from the EU to UK, even were such restrictions to exist in your case.
In theory, yeah, I guess that that Brexit would permit for customs checks to be done.
But in practice, you’ve got the Republic of Ireland, which I assume will have free interchange with parts of the EU where the hornets are established, and I don’t think that hornets are going to care much about the Northern Ireland-Republic of Ireland border, even if you guys and the Irish did come up with some kind of way to do checks there, despite the Good Friday Agreement.
And they managed to get into Canada, and looking online, it looks like Canada doesn’t allow import of soil from anywhere other than the US, and we in the US don’t allow it from anywhere at all.
https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/planthealth/import-information/permits/plant-pests/sa_soil
https://inspection.canada.ca/plant-health/horticulture/questions-and-answers/eng/1396453190750/1396453225939
I suspect that if soil restrictions weren’t sufficient to stop them there, they probably also won’t stop them from traveling from the EU to UK, even were such restrictions to exist in your case.