Irish Green Party leader Roderic O’Gorman said that since the new Government came to power in the UK, a “changed relationship” is one of the reasons that the number of people claiming asylum in Ireland has halved from its levels earlier this year.
Speaking on RTE’s Upfront programme on November 25, Mr O’Gorman said: “Particularly since the new (UK) Government came in in the summer of this year, we’ve seen a changed relationship, we’ve seen better engagement, and that’s one of the key reasons why the number of people seeking international protection right now is about half what it was earlier on in this year, because we are co-operating.”
