British PM: UK will not accept return of asylum seekers from Ireland

Both countries complain that they are effectively being asked to solve each other's immigration problems.

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00:00Tensions between British and Irish ministers are rising over migration.

00:08British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has ruled out accepting migrants who have entered Ireland

00:13from Northern Ireland.

00:14Because I was afraid and heard from a lot of people that they will send you to Rwanda.

00:22So I was so afraid that they will do this.

00:25Irish officials are expected to discuss emergency legislation, claiming that there has been

00:30a large uptick in migration across the border with the UK.

00:34We're not going to accept returns from the EU via Ireland when the EU doesn't accept

00:39returns back to France where illegal migrants are coming from.

00:42Of course we're not going to do that.

00:43I'm determined to get our Rwanda scheme up and running because I want a deterrent.

00:52Tensions have erupted in Dublin over migration.

00:59The Irish Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee, has claimed that more than 80% of new arrivals

01:04in Ireland have come from Northern Ireland.