- Irish ministers say migrants arrive there for fear of being sent to Rwanda
Ireland should join the Rwandan project if it believes it is already having effects, government sources said last night.
After Irish ministers said migrants fearing deportation to the African state were seeking refuge in Ireland, Westminster offered them to join forces.
Ministers believe the reported increase in the number of asylum seekers entering Ireland from Northern Ireland demonstrates that the Rwandan program is already having a deterrent effect.
And this evening, a government source told the Mail: “If the Irish government believes that the Rwandan plan is already having an effect, we can consider Ireland joining the Rwandan project.
“Many countries are now turning to a third country, which is why Sir Keir Starmer’s amnesty for 115,000 illegal immigrants a year is so short-sighted.”
Irish ministers say migrants fearing deportation to Rwanda are instead seeking refuge in Ireland. Pictured: An aerial view of asylum seekers who have set up tents outside the International Protection Office in Dublin.
Ministers say the increase in the number of migrants entering Ireland is a sign that the Rwandan program is working. Pictured: A group of migrants seen attempting to cross the English Channel from France in a small boat on April 23.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, pictured in Downing Street on Wednesday, said he wanted “urgent clarification” that there would be no disruption or checkpoints near the border.
A major diplomatic row erupted this week when an Irish minister said up to 80 percent of its asylum applications this year had been made by people from Northern Ireland.
That figure was disputed by Irish Deputy Prime Minister Micheal Martin, but the row intensified when Justice Minister Helen McEntee said her department planned to make 100 extra police officers available for “duty work.” “frontline law enforcement”.
While Dublin insisted they would not be “responsible for physically policing the border with Northern Ireland”, Rishi Sunak told the House of Commons on Wednesday he wanted “urgent clarification” on the ensured that there would be no disruptions or checkpoints near the border.
His Irish counterpart, Simon Harris, was forced to clarify that there would be no police checks.
Another central point of the row centered on Dublin passing emergency legislation to deem the UK a “safe country” for asylum seekers to return.
Both governments acknowledged there was an “operational arrangement” for the reciprocal return of asylum seekers between the UK and Ireland, but Downing Street said it contained no legal obligation to accept them .
The Prime Minister said he was “not interested” in a return deal if the European Union did not allow the UK to return asylum seekers who had crossed the Channel from France.
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