We’re all familiar with the expression “I don’t make the rules, I just enforce them.” But in the Irish government’s case, it’s the exact opposite: they do make the rules – they just refuse to actually implement their own policies.
That’s what we learned this week, as the Department of Justice admitted that they often allow asylum applicants to stay in the country, even after their claims have been rejected, seemingly in violation of Irish immigration law. As reported by the Irish Examiner:
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