Letters to the Editor: Returning asylum seekers to Britain

One reader asks if we, as a people, are comfortable being in some ways complicit in Britain's plan for addressing the movement of asylum seekers

Asylum seekers have pitched tents along the Grand Canal in Dublin. The new encampment of tents has been erected between Mount St Bridge and Huband Bridge. The location is less than 400m from the International Protection Office on Mount St. Picture: Sasko Lazarov / RollingNews.ie

Last week, the Cabinet approved emergency proposals for Britain to be designated a safe country for asylum seekers to be returned to. The problem with this is we know as soon as they return to Britain, they will likely be sent to Rwanda.

This is after the so-called Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill became law in Britain on April 25. If we go ahead with our legislative proposals, Ireland would be complicit in a process where the end destination for refugees is Rwanda, a dangerous developing country.