The Irish government is seeking emergency legislation to deal with waves of migration from the UK, with Sunak already promising not to turn back asylum seekers.
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But as the number of asylum seekers crossing the border from Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland has increased, tensions have risen between Dublin and London, with the Irish demanding that the British ratify the emergency legislation.
The migration crisis will be discussed between senior officials from both countries this Tuesday, but British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has already given assurances that Ireland will not welcome back migrants.
“Where the illegal immigrants come from, when the European Union does not accept returns through France, we are not going to accept withdrawal from the EU through Ireland. Of course we are not going to do that. I am determined to build our Rwanda project. This is because I want a deterrent”, Rishi Sunak. emphasized.
The British Parliament last week approved a bill to allow deportation flights to Rwanda for asylum seekers who enter the UK illegally.
But the influx of more migrants is not making Ireland happy: many protested on the streets of Dublin on Monday. According to Ireland's Justice Minister Helen McEntee, more than 80% of recent immigrants to the country crossed the land border separating the Republic of Ireland from Northern Ireland.
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