Belfast Rwanda ruling “potential consequences” for Ireland – McGrath

The government will “carefully” consider Northern Ireland’s High-Court ruling on the UK’s Illegal Migration Act. That’s according to Finance Minister Michael McGrath, who was speaking in Brussels this morning ahead of an EU ministerial meeting.  Yesterday a Belfast High-Court judge ruled that provisions of the UK’s Illegal Migration Act should not apply in Northern Ireland because they breach human rights laws. Under the Act, the British government plans to send some illegal migrants on to Rwanda.

It recently emerged that the majority of asylum seekers entering Ireland, crossed the border from Northern Ireland. Minister McGrath says the ruling has “potential consequences” for Ireland.

Out words: to the Republic  

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