Irish in UK reveal deportation fears

The biggest umbrella group for the Irish in Britain has told how many elderly people living there fear deportation in the wake of Brexit.

Irish in UK reveal deportation fears

Irish in Britain represents more than 100 Irish clubs and organisations around England. It has been flooded with requests for applications for Irish passports over the past year.

An RTÉ documentary, The Thin Green Line, reveals there are currently 40 applications a day for Irish citizenship under the grandparent rule, which could bring applications through foreign-birth registration to nearly 15,000 by the end of the year.

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