Helen McEntee pulls out of British-Irish conference after meeting with UK minister was postponed
British prime minister Rishi Sunak has said Britain will not accept the return of asylum seekers from the Republic who entered the State via the North. Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty Images
But speaking to ITV in Essex on Monday morning, Mr Sunak said he makes “absolutely no apology for doing everything I can to tackle illegal migration”.Poll analysis: Housing and immigration are making the headlines, but other topics are becoming more prominent Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin will represent the government alone at the meeting.
The meeting between the two ministers was due to take place against the backdrop of a diplomatic spat between London and Dublin over the flow of migrants across the border, estimated at more than 80 per cent of all international protection applicants by the Department of Justice. A Government source in Dublin added that the British government is 72 hours away from an election, suggesting that there is a political element to the move.
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