Leo Varadkar said that the Govt needed to take a “fair and firm and hard” approach to migration.
TAOISEACH LEO VARADKAR has said that he wants to see the time to process asylum seekers cut down to between six and 12 weeks.
When asked about it today, he said that the Government needed to be “firm” with people who have their applications rejected by the State.“We need to say to people that if you’re going to come to Ireland with a false story or on false pretenses, we will try to prevent you from entering in first place.“What we’re saying is that we want applications to be assessed in six to 12 weeks where possible and where deportation orders are issued, we want them to be effected,” Varadkar said.
“These are people who put people in rafts on the Mediterranean and the Aegean, hoping they’ll be picked up and not really caring if they die,” Varadkar said. “If you look at the numbers coming in now on a weekly basis, I think, the initial numbers coming in this year will probably be closer to 30,000 or 40,000.”
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