Helen McEntee claims that over 80pc of asylum seekers cross the land border with Northern Ireland (2024)

Helen McEntee claims that over 80% of asylum seekers cross the land border with Northern Ireland

According to Minister of Justice Helen McEntee, over 80pc of asylum seekers in the Republic enter across the Northern Ireland land border.

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