Michael McDowell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am starting to realise that is theoretically the case but I am trying to understand the practice. Between 15,000 and 20,000 people come here annually looking for asylum. If what the Minister said is correct, and I fully accept that 80% of them come via the UK, do we send back 80% of 15,000 to 20,000 people to the UK to have their asylum applications dealt with or do they just melt into the system here and run off to the High Court and stay in State provided accommodation?