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Up to 90% of Ireland’s asylum seekers may have entered from Northern Ireland, data shows Lisa O’Carroll Senior correspondent
Figures suggest common travel area being used in both directions, but particularly UK to IrelandUp to 90% of asylum seekers in Ireland may have entered the country via the Northern Ireland land border in the last three years, figures suggest.Irish government data shows the common travel area (CTA) is being exploited in both directions but suggests it may be more popular for those seeking asylum in Ireland than in the UK. Continue reading...
12 June 2026 at 04:00

Up to 90% of Ireland’s asylum seekers may have entered from Northern Ireland, data shows

12 June 2026 at 04:00

Figures suggest common travel area being used in both directions, but particularly UK to Ireland

Up to 90% of asylum seekers in Ireland may have entered the country via the Northern Ireland land border in the last three years, figures suggest.

Irish government data shows the common travel area (CTA) is being exploited in both directions but suggests it may be more popular for those seeking asylum in Ireland than in the UK.

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Stephen Ogilvie’s family appeal for calm on second night of disorder – as it happened Mark Saunokonoko · Nadeem Badshah and Andrew Sparrow
This blog is now closed. Read our main report here: Police use water cannon against rioters in Northern IrelandHadi Alodid refused legal representation and made no reply to charges which were put put to him through an Arabic interpreter as he appeared in court charged with attempted murder following the Belfast knife attack, the Press Association reports.The 30-year-old, with an address at Duncairn Avenue in Belfast, appeared before the city’s magistrates’ court on Wednesday morning.He is charge
10 June 2026 at 23:45

Stephen Ogilvie’s family appeal for calm on second night of disorder – as it happened

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By: Mark Saunokonoko · Nadeem Badshah and Andrew Sparrow

10 June 2026 at 23:45

This blog is now closed. Read our main report here: Police use water cannon against rioters in Northern Ireland

Hadi Alodid refused legal representation and made no reply to charges which were put put to him through an Arabic interpreter as he appeared in court charged with attempted murder following the Belfast knife attack, the Press Association reports.

The 30-year-old, with an address at Duncairn Avenue in Belfast, appeared before the city’s magistrates’ court on Wednesday morning.

He is charged with the attempted murder of Stephen Ogilvie on Monday, with threatening to kill an NHS radiographer on the same day and with the possession of a knife.