Friday, September 26, 2008

Large number of 'sham marriages' uncovered

The Department of Justice believes it has uncovered a large number of 'sham marriages' between Latvians living in Ireland and people from the Indian subcontinent.

The Government has alerted the Latvian authorities to the statistically abnormal number of marriages that would allow non-EU nationals to sidestep immigration laws.

The department has given figures to its European counterparts that show 4,600 non-EU nationals may have married non-Irish EU citizens in order to exploit a loophole in an EU directive on the free movement of people.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0925/marriage.html

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I don't think the recession is going to stop any foreigners from entering ireland legally or illegally.

This is the reason I do not praise the current recession.