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The surge in applications from Pakistanis, who made just 91 applications in 2013, prompted Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald last month to order urgent talks between the UK's Home Office and immigration officials here over what officials say is a blatant abuse of the common travel area between Ireland and the UK. Immigration officials say UK-based Pakistanis were arriving in Ireland from the UK where they had typically entered on visas that were due to expire.
But rather than risk deportation, they are entering the Republic via Northern Ireland and travelling down by bus or train and then claiming asylum here.
http://independent.ie/irish-news/mi...s-asylum-seekers-double-in-2015-31335109.html
But rather than risk deportation, they are entering the Republic via Northern Ireland and travelling down by bus or train and then claiming asylum here.
http://independent.ie/irish-news/mi...s-asylum-seekers-double-in-2015-31335109.html