Immigration Screening at Risk as EU Data Unavailable to Ireland

Ireland’s Immigration Screening Hits Roadblocks After Losing Access to Vital EU Data – EUROP INFO

EU Data Gaps Jeopardize the Effectiveness of Ireland’s Immigration Screening As immigration control and national security concerns intensify, Irish authorities are encountering a significant hurdle: limited access to crucial data from European Union counterparts. Ireland’s efforts to strengthen its immigration screening through updated regulations are being undermined by this lack of essential EU information, threatening the thoroughness of vett…

Immigration screening at risk as EU data unavailable to Ireland

There are fears immigration officials won’t be able to perform robust identity checks and security screening on asylum seekers due to the country’s lack of access to key EU security databases, a Government report has warned. The report on the introduction of the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum is expected to come into force in June of next year. It says Ireland ‘may not be able to carry out the most robust identity validation’ due to the country…