The Minister for Justice Helen McEntee said last week that more than 80% of recent arrivals in this country had come via the land border with Northern Ireland.
Tánaiste Micheál Martin believes the UK Conservatives’ migration policies – chiefly the threat of deportation to Rwanda – was resulting in international protection applicants coming to Ireland instead of the UK. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said yesterday the UK’s Rwanda policy was working. Then a scheduled meeting between Helen McEntee and UK Home Secretary James Cleverly was cancelled by Mr Cleverly. Jerry got the views of Pa Daly who’s Sinn Féin’s justice spokesperson.
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