Cabinet to discuss emergency laws to allow the Government to send asylum seekers back to UK

It comes after Rishi Sunak said that claims that his government’s Rwanda plan is causing an influx of migrants into Ireland show its deterrent effect is working.

Cabinet is set to discuss new emergency laws next week that would see the Government able to send asylum seekers back to the UK.

The meeting on Tuesday will see the issue discussed alongside amendments to existing law regarding the designation of safe “third countries”, after the Justice Minister Helen McEntee recently said that 80% of asylum applicants come to Ireland over the border with Northern Ireland.