Observations on the General Scheme of the International Protection Bill 2025

Legislative Observations

In this document, we provide observations on the General Scheme of the International Protection Bill 2025.

The Bill aims to replace the International Protection Act 2015 and implement the new EU Migration and Asylum Pact.

We have many concerns with this proposed legislation.

We believe that the State is in danger of introducing a system that is prone to:

legal challenge,
administrative dysfunction
human rights violations

We are particularly concerned about the proposals around:

the detention of asylum seekers
access to legal representation and counselling
the treatment of children and vulnerable persons