Ireland announces plans to return illegal migrants flooding in from Britain

Source: EXPRESS
Author: Christian Calgie

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The Irish Prime Minister is moving to change laws that would allow him to boot migrants flooding over the border to be returned to Britain.

Irish Taoiseach Simon Harris has asked his Justice Minister to change the law regarding the designation of safe third countries, that would allow the return of inadmissible asylum seekers coming from the UK to be returned.

The move comes after it emerged illegal immigrants from Britain are now trying to claim asylum in Ireland, due to fears they could be deported to Rwanda.

Figures show that in the year leading up to April 2023, Ireland saw a 16-year-high arrivals rate, with more than 140,000 immigrants applying.

More than 80 percent of recent asylum seekers have crossed the border into Ireland from the UK.