Immigration

Ireland to opt into biggest overhaul of EU migration rules in decades

Ireland will have to make significant contributions to a new EU solidarity fund under the new pact

Helen McEntee will this week seek agreement from ministers to sign up to the EU’s Migration and Asylum Pact. Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins Photo Agency

The biggest overhaul of migration rules in decades will go before cabinet for approval this week, with Ireland set to adopt proposals that could result in the fast-track return of undocumented migrants.

Helen McEntee, the justice minister, will this week seek agreement from government ministers for the country to sign up to the EU’s Migration and Asylum Pact.

Under the new rules, asylum seekers who arrive into Ireland without personal identification would be put into ...