Who in their right mind would now conclude any agreement with the London Govt?
Despite an agreement (from 2020) that the UK would accept returned asylum seekers, (now facilitated by legislation designating the UK a 'safe country') Ireland wants to repatriate some, only Rishi Sunak is refusing.
Quite apart from the morality & (in)humanity of the Tories migrant policies (which is bad enough), now he's also further trashing our reputation for keeping to agreements.
@ChrisMayLA6 Ireland was "persuaded" (UK has plenty of hostages) to apply UK immigration controls to the Common Travel Area in the past, including racist adjustments to keep former Imperial subjects at home where they belong.
During WW2 and through to 1953 the East West dimension of the CTA was suspended (NI citizens needed passports to enter GB).
We can put the clock back again, but nothing good will come of it.
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