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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
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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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