UK's Rwanda migrant plan raises tensions with Ireland • FRANCE 24 English

Ireland's prime minister Simon Harris warned on Sunday that Dublin would take action to stem an influx of asylum seekers from Northern Ireland, the British territory across the border. It follows commnets by Ireland's deputy prime minister that the threat of deportation to Rwanda is causing migrants to head for Ireland instead of staying in Britain.
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[wayneabel]

Ireland should give them straight back to the French...

[klassonder]

Irish Government need Talks with Brussels where the illegal migration problem originated. The UK did not cause this open border problem…

[clownofthetimes]

This is an EU problem. They have come from France and are now in Ireland.
Best thing is, the UK does not have to take back a single one of them.

[klassonder]

Ireland needs to blame Macron for doing nothing on illegal migration…

[johntaylor]

EU policy that illeagals from a safe country France, Italy etc can travel on and so they have

[SlapCabbage]

That would obviously set a precedence that the UK would agree to, they should be sent back to the Schengen Area from where they came... the exit being FRANCE.

[clownofthetimes]

If they don`t record migrants at ports or airports how do they know hey have come from northern Ireland?

[ChrisMurray-iwij]

"Safe and legal routes" all we have been told since brexit so sweet, safe and legal and on to Ireland 🇮🇪

[thomasjohnrobinson]

France and Ireland are both in the EU.If the UK cant return asylum seekers to France why should the UK accept them from Ireland.?

[laurasands]

They've been arriving in Ireland at the behest of the Irish Government for years now when the population is pushing back on it suddenly it's someone else's fault, why can't they just admit they've made a mistake in throwing open the country and inviting people to come.

[OO]

Comming from France via britain, ireland should dend them back....france is the problem here

[GazzyMorris]

Helen is lying. This isnt a Brexit issue. Maybe a handful left the UK for that reason but this has been happening for over a year and its the EU and Irish governments fault.

[SonsofThunder]

I didn't vote to leave the EU but have clearly seen that, since Brexit, UK is often used as a scapegoat for EU countries. Just blame the British is a reasonable excuse it seems.
Ireland, stop blaming UK. These immigrants are coming from mainland in the first place.

[LL-vkzc]

Ireland blames migrant influx on Rwanda plan. Ireland blames Rwanda plan for migrant influx.

[dodori]

for immigrants new target location is ireland . irish people must accept the fact. learn to live with this..

[Judgementday-qpol]

Reunification of Ireland will sort out a lot of this.

We now want the date for the Referendum.

[spodrat]

The Irish need to say no to welfare seekers then announce cuts to all economic welfare benefits and they will then work to pay for their own passage to oil rich Saudi Arabia or south Africa

[ricardojnobre]

What about if EU parachutes them to UK?

[rbir]

I am pretty sure they came from France.

[MrLordBear]

Womp womp. Why should Britain take back migrants from the EU when the EU won’t take any back from Britain. Double standards at its finest