Migrants living in Dublin's tent city today thanked Rishi Sunak for refusing to allow them back to Britain - because they 'don't want to go to Rwanda '. Around 1,700 asylum seekers are living in tents in the Irish capital after crossing the border over fears that they would be sent to Rwanda if they stayed in Northern Ireland . Rishi Sunak yesterday declared he is 'not interested' in taking back migrants from Ireland - when the EU was refusing to take back Channel migrants who came from France . The row broke out after senior Irish ministers said they would draft emergency laws to send back refugees who had arrived from the UK to avoid being deported to Rwanda. Meanwhile Ireland's deputy prime minister and foreign secretary Micheal Martin blamed the influx of migrants on Britain's Rwanda scheme as he claimed 'fearful' asylum seekers were descending on Dublin. Among those sleeping under canvas in Dublin is asylum seeker Otumba, who travelled from Nigeria to the UK, before settling in Dublin via Belfast . He told MailOnline: 'I came into the UK. I wanted to seek asylum. Then five weeks ago we heard that the Rwanda Bill is going to be passed, and we don't want to go back to Africa.'
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