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ER Editor: See this we published during the week about the Rwanda deal finally getting passed by the UK Parliament (we still believe we’re watching a movie, sorry to readers – nobody sane governs like this).
UK passes bill to send asylum seekers to Rwanda
A reminder that Northern Ireland is part of the UK and thus sends MPs to the UK Parliament. Eire, meanwhile, is part of the EU and definitely seems a target for EU policies. Ireland, or Eire, does not need more migrant problems: it already has enough.
#Ireland is full
Twitter users certainly don’t approve of Fine Gael’s Micheal Martin, who is also deputy PM.
Following Martin’s comments below about the Rwanda plan being responsible for further migration into Ireland, gript.ie ran this story two days ago —
DOWNING STREET REACTS TO MARTIN’S CLAIM THAT RWANDA PLAN CAUSING MIGRANTS TO ‘POUR’ INTO IRELAND
The original Telegraph article is available for free with this tweet —
Anything interesting on the front pages of British newspapers today?
You can read the article free at MSN herehttps://t.co/7TTblA6UYC
Micheal Martin blaming others for our out of control asylum system, but the problems started several years ago… pic.twitter.com/K8lkUUjwIV— nwl (@nwl88444048) April 26, 2024
From the Telegraph story —
Tensions over immigration are high in Ireland, amid an increase in migrant arrivals and an acute housing crisis that has forced some asylum seekers to sleep in tents.
More than 140,000 immigrants arrived in Ireland in the year up to April 2023 – a 16-year high.
The figures from the Central Statistics Office showed net inward migration of 77,600 after emigrants were stripped out, amounting to a 50 per cent increase over the previous year.
The great people of Newtownmountkenndey say no to illegal male migrants into there community #IrelandisFull pic.twitter.com/4kKvd1Y32Y
— Gavin Pepper (@randompadd80784) April 27, 2024
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Asylum Seekers Coming to Ireland Owing to ‘Rwanda Effect,’ Claims Deputy PM
Micheal Martin said that the UK’s Rwanda plan has impacted Ireland, as 80 percent of recent asylum seekers are now coming from Northern Ireland.
The “Rwanda effect” is causing asylum seekers to cross the border from the UK into the Republic of Ireland, the Irish deputy prime minister has claimed.
Micheal Martin said during a trip to Jordan on Wednesday that even though no one has been sent to Rwanda yet, the impact of the measures had resulted in asylum seekers leaving the UK and “taking opportunities to come to Ireland.”
Mr. Martin, also the country’s foreign minister, made the remarks after the Irish government estimated that 80 percent of recent asylum applicants had crossed the land border with Northern Ireland.
“I believe the Rwanda effect is impacting on Ireland. And I think that didn’t happen today or yesterday. It’s been growing since the first iteration and publication of that strategy around Rwanda,” the minister said in remarks reported by the Irish Independent.
He continued: “I don’t think anyone’s gone to Rwanda yet, but to me it’s reflective of a policy. It’s more about the rhetoric and the politics than about having any real impact.
“But it is having real impact on Ireland now in terms of people being fearful in the UK—maybe that’s the impact it was designed to have.”
The minister estimated that it was the threat of being sent to the East African country which was driving asylum seekers to leave the UK, saying, “So, they’re leaving the UK and they are taking opportunities to come to Ireland, crossing the border to get sanctuary here and within the European Union as opposed to the potential of being deported to Rwanda.”
Responding to the claims, a Number 10 spokeswoman said it was “too early to jump to specific conclusions about the impact of the Act and treaty in terms of migrant behaviour.”
“Of course, we will monitor this very closely and we already work very closely as you would expect with the Irish government, including on matters relating to asylum,” the spokeswoman continued.
Adding, “But of course, the intention behind the Act is to have it serve as a deterrent and that is why we are working to get flights off the ground as swiftly as possible.”
80 Percent of Recent Asylum Seekers Coming From UK
On Tuesday, Ireland’s Justice Minister Helen McEntee disclosed to the Committee on Justice that 80 percent of recent asylum seekers have crossed the border from Northern Ireland, the UK’s only land border with the European Union.
Responding to a question on the number of cross-border applications, Ms. McEntee said that the proportion of people coming through the border with Northern Ireland to seek international protection in recent months was “higher than 80%.”
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Flights Will Keep Going ‘Until We Stop the Boats’
On Thursday, the Rwanda bill received Royal Assent and was made law after weeks of parliamentary “ping-pong.” The Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act will mean that immigrants who enter the UK illegally will have their asylum claims automatically deemed inadmissible and they can either be repatriated or removed to Rwanda. …
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