Responding to a question raised by Matt Shanahan TD regarding claims that up to 40% of asylum seekers destroy or refuse...
Responding to a question raised by Matt Shanahan TD regarding claims that up to 40% of asylum seekers destroy or refuse to hand over their passports on arrival in Ireland - Helen McEntee responded with the following:
âI can inform the Deputy that in the first nine months of this year, 3,705 people arrived undocumented in Dublin airport. While these passengers should have presented documents at their point of departure, they were no longer in possession of those documents when they reached the immigration desks at Dublin airport.â
Under section 20 of the International Protection Act, those who have destroyed their identity documents can be arrested and detained.
The question that arises is: were any of these 3,705 criminals arrested?
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5 February 2023