Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 30 April 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. David Leonard:

Given that the UK Supreme Court found that the previous proposal to send people to Rwanda was unlawful because it could lead to a breach of human rights, if applicants are at risk of being sent to the UK and, in a chain, on a flight to Rwanda from the UK, it could be argued Ireland could not lawfully send them to the UK and expose them to that risk. There would definitely be case law on that if the Rwanda plan does go ahead and if people are at risk of it through being moved from here to the UK.

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