Ireland will act to send asylum seekers back to UK, says PM

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00:00 A key condition of the Brexit deal - the land border between Ireland and Northern Ireland

00:05 remains open with no immigration checks.

00:09 And according to the Irish Justice Minister, 80% of the country's recent asylum seeker

00:14 arrivals have crossed this border.

00:17 To curb the influx, the Irish Prime Minister says his government's working on legislation

00:22 to return asylum seekers to the UK.

00:25 Every country is entitled to have its own migration policy, but I certainly don't intend

00:29 to allow anybody else's migration policy affect the integrity of our own one.

00:34 And this country will not in any way, shape or form provide a loophole for anybody else's

00:39 migration challenges.

00:41 It comes after British Parliament last week passed controversial legislation to send asylum

00:46 seekers to Rwanda, with the government hoping to start deportations in 10 to 12 weeks.

00:53 Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister said the crossings showed migrants were fearful of the law.

00:58 Speaking to Sky News last week, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said that's exactly the point.

01:04 The deterrent is according to your comment already having an impact because people are

01:08 worried about coming here.

01:10 The Irish Justice Minister was expected to discuss a potential return policy in a meeting

01:15 with the British Home Secretary in London on Monday.

01:19 A UK government source said it would not accept any asylum seekers from Ireland without a

01:24 wider deal with the European Union.

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