Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 8 March 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs

General Affairs Council: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs

Photo of Brendan HowlinBrendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

It is in terms of the proposals announced yesterday by Mr. Rishi Sunak, the UK Prime Minister, for migrants coming from an EU state, namely, France, across the English Channel into Britain. Anybody who arrives by that means will be detained and sent to a third country and will be disallowed from ever applying for asylum or citizenship within the UK. Has that any implications for the EU?

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