Ireland to Reclassify UK as ‘Safe’ for Asylum by End of Month

Ireland plans to legislate by the end of the month to redesignate the UK as a “safe” country for asylum seekers in a bid to start returning inadmissible asylum seekers who entered Ireland from the UK. It comes after the High Court ruled last month that Ireland’s pro-Brexit designation of the UK as a “safe third country” was unlawful under EU law, and after Tanaiste (Deputy Prime Minister) Micheal Martin claimed the UK’s plan to deport illegal immigrants to Rwanda has led to an influx of asylum seekers in Ireland, which is the only EU country that shares a land border with the UK....