Gardai prosecute almost 100 people arriving into Ireland without passports

The committee will be told that if staffing in State immigration services is not urgently increased there could be 40,000 active asylum cases in the country by the end of the year.

The accelerated processing system introduced in 2022 has resulted in a 50% fall in applications from countries deemed safe.

The Government want to enhance the already accelerated asylum review system operated by the International Protection Office to allow 1,800 determinations on cases to be made every month by the end of 2024.

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