Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 23 September 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
International Protection Accommodation Service: Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
2:00 am
Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
I will tell you where visas are being abused. The biggest cause of people coming to Ireland and claiming international protection is people who overstay visas in the UK. People from Nigeria and Pakistan are in the top three claiming international asylum at present. A lot of people who arrive into the UK on visas and overstay them come here to claim asylum.
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