Details contained in briefing notes for new Minister for Justice Simon Harris
The documents suggest it should not be assumed all Ukrainians would want to leave the State immediately “if and when the conflict ends”, pointing out that following conflict in Bosnia in the 1990s, only 40 per cent of refugees had repatriated by 2005.
It outlines how schemes set up to regularise long-term undocumented immigrants had seen lower than anticipated uptake especially among those who have been served with deportation orders - giving rise to the suggestion that a “significant number” of those eligible may have already left the jurisdiction.
The documents also warn of significant reputational and financial risk around not transposing EU laws. He was told of the danger of “significant financial penalties” that could “have a negative impact on the State’s reputation.”
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