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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Holly Bancroft

Just one asylum seeker was returned to Ireland from UK under post-Brexit deal

Just one asylum seeker was returned from the UK to Ireland under a post-Brexit deal signed in 2020, with ministers pledging to crack down on illegal migrants in Northern Ireland.

Government sources said immigration enforcement will now intensify efforts to track down, detain and remove illegal migrants from Northern Ireland following two days of anti-immigration riots in Belfast.

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