Rwanda plan will ‘definitely’ lead to legal action if operational, says lawyer

Tents housing asylum seekers near the International Protection Office in Dublin (Niall Carson/PA)

An immigration lawyer has warned that cases will be taken by asylum seekers if Ireland attempts to return them to the UK while it is operating its planned Rwanda scheme.

It comes as the Cabinet approved emergency legislation from Minister of Justice Helen McEntee to allow the UK to be designated as a safe country to enable asylum seekers to be transferred back there.