Ireland considers scrapping visa-free travel for South Africans

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Ireland is considering ending visa-free travel for South Africans due to the influx of international protection applicants and asylum seekers.

The government of Ireland wants to enhance immigration control amid challenges with accommodating asylum seekers, and is looking at scrapping visa-free travel for South Africans., concerns have been raised over nationals from Zimbabwe and the Democratic Republic of Congo using South African passports to enter Ireland.This number constitutes over three percent of the total applicants so far in 2024, it said.

Justice Minister Helen McEntee further noted that over 80% of international protection applicants entered the country through Northern Ireland. Irish government is under pressure to accommodate around 1 600 male asylum seekers, and is reaching out to church dioceses for alternative, temporary shelter options.

 

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