Common Travel Area
Coverage of Common Travel Area in the Nexus archive.
- Up to 90% of Ireland’s asylum seekers may have entered from Northern Ireland, data shows
Up to 90% of Ireland’s asylum seekers may have entered via the Northern Ireland land border, with data indicating the common travel area is being exploited in both UK-to-Ireland and Ireland-to-UK directions, though more prominently for asylum in Ireland.
- As police battle anti-migrant rioters in Northern Ireland, focus shifts to open Irish border
Northern Ireland police used force to disperse anti-migrant rioters near a hotel housing asylum seekers, resulting in 12 injured officers and 16 arrests. A Sudanese immigrant's stabbing attack in Belfast has sparked debates over securing the open Irish border, with UK and Irish officials enhancing cross-border monitoring.
- The back door into Britain: How Common Travel Area allowing free movement between NI and Ireland can be exploited by migrants with authorities clueless
The Common Travel Area facilitating free movement between Northern Ireland and Ireland is being exploited by migrants, with authorities unaware of the issue. The article highlights concerns about this loophole in border control.