In Great Britain, the new law allowing the deportation of illegal migrants to Rwanda has not even been in force for a week, but tensions between London and Dublin are rising. The reason is the influx of migrants who fear they will be transferred from Britain to an immigration center in Africa. Ireland is therefore preparing new legislation. On Monday, representatives of the Irish and British governments discussed the situation for the first time.
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17:22 April 30, 2024
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The first meeting of representatives of the Irish and British governments to solve the migration issue | Photo: Yui Mok | Source: Reuters
The Irish government says that more than 80 percent of all migrants who have applied for asylum in Ireland in recent months have come from Great Britain – or across the land border from Northern Ireland. Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris even indirectly accused Britain on Sunday of affecting the integrity of Ireland with its immigration policy.
Britain will soon start deporting people back to Rwanda. ‘No foreign court will prevent this,’ claims Sunak
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Harris fears that Britain’s migration problem will largely shift to Ireland. The Minister of Justice there is intensively preparing legislation that would allow migrants from Northern Ireland to return to Great Britain.
However, Britain resolutely rejects this, which is at the heart of the dispute between the two countries. A spokesman for the British government said that under no circumstances would they accept migrants from a European Union country. However, it is unlikely that an agreement will be reached soon, and the tension will probably last for some time.
It is not yet clear when the first flights to Rwanda should depart. According to the latest information, the British authorities have begun to collect the first illegal migrants, for whom 2,200 places are allegedly prepared in detention facilities. Judges are also prepared, thanks to which the detention process would be accelerated and the first flights could depart as early as July. With the election looming, the British government will certainly want to show that it is doing something about this.
Jaromír Marek
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