Government approves emergency legislation to allow return of asylum seekers to UK

Tents housing asylum seekers near to the Office of International Protection in Dublin. 

The Government has approved plans to fast-track a law that would allow Ireland to return asylum seekers to the UK. 

Justice Minister Helen McEntee brought the plan to Cabinet on Tuesday in a bid to once again certify that the UK is a safe country. A High Court ruling in March said the UK should no longer be considered a safe country due to its Rwanda plan that will see asylum seekers sent to the African country.