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Tuesday 21 March 2023 Dublin: 10°C

# Border controls

This year
2023
# Border controls
Taoiseach says Govt will be examining tougher border controls to prevent illegal immigration
The Taoiseach said that there had been a significant increase in the number of International Protection applicants last year.
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Jan 11th 2023, 9:45 PM
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# Hand it over
'Unjustified invasion of privacy': New Zealand customs given power to demand access to your device
Border guards now have the power to demand your passwords and pins to open your smartphone.
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Oct 3rd 2018, 10:00 PM
# Northern Ireland
Custom checks at the border "necessary" outside EU, says UK government docs
Earlier this week prominent Vote Leave campaigner Nigel Lawson said checks would be needed to prevent illegal immigration.
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Apr 17th 2016, 5:30 PM
# closing down
Former British chancellor: Brexit could force return to Irish border controls
There have been mixed messages from the Brexit campaign about the likelihood of border checks being reimposed.
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Apr 11th 2016, 10:53 AM
# migrant crisis
'Mama Merkel' rules out closing the 'Balkan route' to Syrian refugees
A meeting on in Brussels also saw Turkey trying to strongarm the EU.
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Mar 7th 2016, 7:23 PM
# Border controls
France to EU: We need to wake up and defend ourselves against terrorists
French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuv said Paris received no warnings about Abdelhamid Abaaoud.
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Nov 20th 2015, 8:39 AM
# Asylum Seekers
Number of asylum seekers down by one-third
New figures show a continuing fall in the number of people applying for asylum – now just over one-tenth of what it was in 2002.
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Jan 4th 2012, 8:02 AM