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)
Ms Maria Hennessy:
Coming back to the question around the fiction of non-legal entry in those prophecies, the UNHCR is very much of the view that international human rights and EU human rights law will apply at that stage. We are emphasising that the Commission will also emphasise that in its own implementation plans and in national implementation plans, because international legal obligations will still apply and, legally, that will be examined by courts as well.