Simon Harris: 'Legitimate expectation' Irish-UK migration deal will be honoured

Legislation that ministers are to discuss on Tuesday aims to provide a legal basis for the agreement

Simon Harris said on Sunday that Ireland will not 'provide a loophole' for other countries’ migration 'challenges'. File Picture: PA

The Taoiseach has said that the Government has a “legitimate expectation” that a migration agreement with the UK will be honoured.

Simon Harris said the post-Brexit deal was struck in 2020 and allows asylum seekers whose applications are “inadmissible” to be “returned” to the UK and vice versa.