UK 'will work closely' with Irish govt, says Jeremy Hunt amid escalating Rwanda asylum row
Irish justice minister Helen McEntee told a parliamentary committee last week that more than 80% of recent arrivals in Ireland came via the land border with Northern Ireland.
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Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said that the UK 'will work closely' with the Irish government following their plans for new legislation to enable asylum seekers who cross the border from Northern Ireland to be sent back to the UK.