Gardaí are to be redeployed to frontline duties, including the border, to police asylum seekers entering the country via Northern Ireland, as relations between Ireland and the UK have significantly worsened over the issue.
According to today's Irish Independent, up to 100 gardaí will be deployed to frontline and border duties to focus on applicants who could have applied for status in the UK travelling instead to the Republic, and also on deportations. The government insists relations with the UK are strong, despite tensions over immigration.
Legislation is being brought to Cabinet today to return asylum seekers who cross the border from the North, back to the UK. That's despite the British Prime Minister saying those refugees will not be accepted Justice Minister Helen McEntee says no loophole can exist and the gap in the laws has to be fixed
