Red C Poll

Three in five support proposals to process asylum seekers outside the EU

The Red poll was conducted after Leo Varadkar said he would support controversial proposals from the European People’s Party that would see asylum seekers processed in ‘safe third countries’

The EPP proposals have been likened to the controversial “Rwanda policy” of the UK government, which proposes to move asylum seeker applicants from the UK to Rwanda while they are processed

Three in five people would support proposals to process international protection applicants in non-EU countries before entering Ireland, a new poll has found.

Red C asked if people would support proposals from the European Peoples Party to process asylum seekers in third party countries before entry to Ireland.

60 per cent said they would support the proposals, while just 16 per cent said they would not support the proposals. 15 per cent said they were ...