Newstalk revealed that 5,074 people arrived in Ireland and applied for asylum with ‘false or no documentation’ in the first 11 months of 2022, and the likes of that continues to happen regularly in Ireland in 2025.
At the time, the then-Tánaiste Micheál Martin said:
“The Deputy says ‘abused’ but on the documentation issue, basically people come and seek asylum, and under the Geneva Convention and various international conventions we are obliged to consider the application for asylum. Additional resources have been made available to the Department of Justice, in particular, to expedite and accelerate the application process and to get results and outcomes more quickly. We are also looking at stronger controls in respect of abuse issues and are constantly on the lookout. Our officials and teams are constantly on the lookout for any potentially fraudulent [paperwork]. In any event, on the broader issue, controls have been stepped up over the last year and a half. We took action in terms of the convention in respect of refugees travelling across Europe because that was being abused in some instances and we dealt with that. It is an ongoing challenge,” reports Newstalk.
Migration challenges remain with people coming into this country, sometimes with absolutely no documentation at all, but the government does all it can to accommodate them in emergency accommodation.
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