The Taoiseach says the Government will make a decision on whether it will ‘opt-in’ or ‘opt-out’ of new EU asylum laws in the New Year.
The European Union reached an agreement yesterday to reform asylum, which it’s hoped will allow more co-operation between members states when managing arrivals into the bloc.
Reforms include speedier vetting of irregular arrivals, creating border detention centres, and accelerated deportation for rejected asylum applicants.
Those opposed to hosting asylum seekers would be required to pay those that do, and Leo Varadkar says the Government will have a decision to make in the weeks ahead:
