An immigration lawyer and a junior minister have said that individuals who come to Ireland from so-called safe countries may have genuine reason to seek asylum, and have the right to have their cases heard fairly
ASYLUM SEEKERS ARRIVING in Ireland from countries deemed ‘safe’ may have genuine reason to seek refugee status and have the right to have their cases heard fairly, an immigration lawyer has said.
“Europe has always had a policy of protecting its borders … certain countries in Europe are seen as a gateway from other continents, and EU and countries like Turkey have long standing agreements in place to deal with those issues, so that there’s not a free flow [of migrants] into the EU. That has always been a European policy.”
“So I don’t think it is the narrative that’s portrayed by some people in the media, that there’s people boarding a Ryanair flight without a passport. That just doesn’t happen.” She said the International Protection Accommodation Service was understaffed and accused the government of failing to address the shortage.