Tánaiste says 80pc figure for migrants crossing border ‘not based on evidence’ after UK PM slaps down returns deal with Ireland

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Tánaiste says 80pc figure for migrants crossing border ‘not based on evidence’ after UK PM slaps down returns deal with Ireland

A claim by the Justice Minister Helen McEntee that 80pc of asylum seekers are coming into the country from Northern Ireland is not based on data, evidence or statistics, Tánaiste Micheál Martin has said.