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Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin rejected the claim that Ireland has been overrun by immigrants, attributing the country's rapid demographic change to legal migration driven by economic expansion.
In an interview with Fox News Digital, Martin stated that while the asylum system was previously too slow, the government has accelerated processing and appeals to address the backlog.
He emphasized that the demographic shift is a direct result of Ireland's transformation from a poorer economy to one of Western Europe's wealthiest, a transition he described as comparable to free movement in the United States.
Martin acknowledged that migration has created significant political pressure across Europe, with many nations tightening rules in response.
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