Ireland's asylum seeker border claims questioned by human rights and refugee organisations

Claims that the majority of asylum seekers entering Ireland had crossed the border from Northern Ireland have been questioned by human rights and refugee organisations.

Ireland’s justice minister Helen McEntee last week claimed that the number of asylum seekers crossing from Northern Ireland into the state is now “higher than 80%” following a shift in migration patterns in recent months.

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