85% of asylum seekers arrive at Dublin Airport without identity documents

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In total, 4,712 people made an asylum claim at the capital’s airport in 2023; 4,007 had no identity documents or false identity documents

Eighty-five percent of people who applied for international protection at Dublin Airport in 2023 arrived without a correct identity document.

“It’s an offence to present at the frontiers of the State without valid identity documents," he said. Speaking at the cross-border policing conference at the Farnham Estate in County Cavan, Justice Minister Helen McEntee said the State is clamping down on asylum seekers who arrive here with either no or fake travel documents.

“We have put a number of measures in place; be it liaison officers in other countries or enhanced training with airlines”.

 

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