Ireland set to join EU-Nigeria ‘migrant returns’ pact
- Nigerian migrants living in Ireland without status would be swiftly returned to their home country under a new European Union migration pact that the Government is set to sign up to.
- Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan wants the Cabinet to agree to join a “readmission” agreement between the EU and Nigeria as part of a plan to prioritise returns to the west African country.
- Nigeria is consistently one of the main countries of origin for people applying for international protection in Ireland.
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- Nigerian migrants living in Ireland without status would be swiftly returned to their home country under a new European Union migration pact that the Government is set to sign up to.
- Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan wants the Cabinet to agree to join a “readmission” agreement between the EU and Nigeria as part of a plan to prioritise returns to the west African country.
- Nigeria is consistently one of the main countries of origin for people applying for international protection in Ireland.
Sources: Irishtimes