Downing Street has stated that it is premature to draw conclusions on the Rwanda plan’s effects, following the Irish Government’s assertion that it was responsible for a surge in immigration to the Republic, reports Breaking News.
According to Tánaiste Micheál Martin, the policy is already having an effect in Ireland since asylum seekers are now afraid to remain in the UK.
The intention of the British government is to discourage others from attempting the risky journey across the English Channel by sending asylum seekers arriving in the UK on a one-way trip to the east African country, reports Breaking News.
The Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act, which guarantees the plan’s legality, passed the UK parliament this week and was ratified on Thursday.
Mr Martin said: “Clearly, we’ve had an increase in the numbers coming from the UK into Northern Ireland into the Republic. And it’s fairly obvious that a Rwanda policy, if you’re a person in a given situation in the UK and well, then you don’t want to go to Rwanda – not that anybody has gone yet, I hasten to add. So I think it’s a fair comment of mine. There are many other issues – it’s not in any way trying to blame anything or anything like that,” reports Breaking News.
The Tánaiste continued: “Migration is happening all over Europe. It’s a national phenomenon. Part of the EU asylum pact is that we develop proper policies so that we can return people who’ve already been granted asylum in one country, that if they come to Ireland, they can be returned to the country where they were granted asylum in the first place. And the United Kingdom are outside of European Union,” reports Breaking News.
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