Proof Rwanda is already working! MP boasts as Ireland sees influx of migrants | Politics | News [Video]

A Conservative MP has said that the Rwanda scheme is already bearing fruit, after Ireland warned of an influx of migrants from the UK.

Ireland’s deputy Prime Minister Micheál Martin has said the deportation policy is spreading “impacting on Ireland” as immigrants arriving in Ireland reached a 16-year high.

In the year leading up to April 2023, more than 140,000 immigrants arrived in Britain’s neighbouring country.

More than 80% of recent asylum seekers have crossed the border into Ireland from the UK.

The republic’s Central Statistics Office published figures showing net inward migration of 77,600, a whopping 50% increase on the previous year.

Mr Martin said the UK’s hardline immigration policy is already “impacting on Ireland” as people are “fearful” of staying in the UK.

He added: “Maybe that’s the impact it was designed to have”.

However Conservative MP Marco Longhi has now suggested the comments by Ireland’s deputy PM are a major victory for the UK Government.

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