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Amnesty International condemns row between Westminster and Ireland over asylum-seekers
People walking past tents housing asylum seekers near to the European Parliament Liaison Office, in Dublin, April 29, 2024

AMNESTY International has condemned the row between Westminster and Ireland over asylum-seekers as an “unedifying spectacle.”

Over the weekend, Ireland and Britain were divided on a post-Brexit EU deal to allow asylum-seekers whose applications are “inadmissible” to be returned to Britain and vice versa.

Justice Minister Helen McEntee said there was a significant increase in the number of asylum-seekers arriving in Ireland from across the six-counties border.

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