Seventy coming weekly without ID as officials consider measures to set higher fines for airlines over not checking documents
Asylum seekers with their tents in the surrounds of the International Protection Office, off Dublins Mount Street Lower. Photograph: Alan Betson
The number of applicants who arrived without correct identifying documentation — or with no identifying documentation — dropped from 5,800 in 2022 to 4,159 last year. If the trend for the first three months of this year continues, the 2024 figure will be close to 3,600. A group of senior officials are examining the level and structure of fines imposed on carriers. They are looking at a straight fine increase and the introduction of increased penalties for repeat offences. They are also considering legislative amendments which would place enhanced responsibility on airlines to conduct appropriate checks on boarding passengers, making it an offence for them not to carry out the checks.I bought into the idea that wellness guru Andrew Huberman could fix my life.
In her response to the questions, Minister for Justice Helen McEntee said her department has recorded a “significant reduction in 2023 in the number of people arriving in the State without the correct documentation”.
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