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More Than 400 Stowaways Turned Away from Irish Ports in Space of Four Years – 14/07/2025
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More than 400 people have been refused entry at Irish ports in the past five years after trying to slip into the country undetected as stowaways.
In contrast to the numbers of migrants arriving by small boats in the UK, the Department of Justice said there have been no “small boat” arrivals in Ireland over the past five years.
Marine experts say this is due to the much longer distance from France to Ireland and the rougher seas.
John Lannon, the chief executive of migrants rights organisation Doras, said immigration policies force people seeking international protection to make dangerous decisions to board small boats or to hide in containers and lorries making ferry crossings, and John spoke to us this morning on The Agenda about this.
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