Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 6 February 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2012: Discussion

12:15 pm

Ms Josephine Bakaabatsile:

I would like to use my own experience. Many women, including those being dealt with by Ruhama, do not come to this country with documentation. They are brought in by men or other sources. Obviously, many of them did not come with documents and the names being used are not their proper names. These women want freedom and to open up but no one believes them. They end up deciding to stay where they are because they do not have hope, no one is listening to what they are saying and no one believes them. They are just treated like other criminals. We are not all the same. People run away from persecution while others are brought into this country. Most of the people who settled here, refugees or whoever, are probably not genuine refugees and those who are refugees are taken back to their countries. I was brought here by someone in this country. I do not really want to go into the details but I am someone who came into this country without my real documents because of the person who brought me here.

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