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Ireland tightens immigration rules in bid to slow population growth
Ireland responds to a 1.6% population growth rate, seven times the EU average, by imposing stricter immigration rules including higher income thresholds and residency requirements.
- The cabinet approved a package of measures that tighten immigration and asylum rules to ease pressure on housing and public services, Justice Minister Jim O'Callaghan announced on Wednesday.
- Rising asylum claims and migration figures prompted officials to cite a 1.6 percent population increase last year and net migration nearly doubling to about 72,000 a year, with 18,651 seeking protection in 2024.
- The package requires that employed asylum seekers contribute 10 to 40 percent of weekly income toward accommodation, affecting about 7,500 people, and family reunification applicants must earn more than 44,000 euros.
- Last month, violent clashes underscored tensions as at least 1,000 protesters clashed with police in southwest Dublin, while O'Callaghan said nearly 90 percent of asylum seekers arrived across the Northern Ireland border and Prime Minister Micheal Martin urged consideration of UK reforms' migration effects.
- The package also grants the government asylum status revocation power for those deemed a `danger to the security of the state`, while officials consider student visa restrictions amid UK asylum and visa changes.
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