Ireland won’t be ‘loophole’ for other countries’ migration issues – Harris

Irish premier Simon Harris has said Ireland will not “provide a loophole for anybody else’s migration challenges”, while the UK Government rejected the Republic’s bid to return asylum seekers in a deepening of the diplomatic spat.

Mr Harris was speaking after UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said claims that the UK’s Rwanda plan is causing an increase in migration to Ireland shows its deterrent effect is working.

The Irish Government has said there has been a shift in migration patterns into Ireland in recent months and the number of migrants crossing from Northern Ireland is now “higher than 80%”.