In a statement shared with RTÉ, a spokesperson for Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris confirmed that the Justice Minister had been instructed to “submit proposals to Cabinet next week to amend existing law regarding the designation of ” third countries » safe and allow the return of inadmissible people. Applicants for international protection in the United Kingdom »
The move comes after British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak claimed that the growing number of people seeking asylum in Ireland was proof that the Conservatives’ plan to deport people to Rwanda was having a “deterrent effect… because the people are afraid to come here.”
One of the key conditions of the Brexit deal that took the UK out of the EU was to keep the land border between Ireland and Northern Ireland open, without immigration controls.
Speaking at a parliamentary hearing earlier this week, McEntee said more than 80 percent of asylum seekers arriving in Ireland were from Northern Ireland.
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