Colm Burke (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I apologise to the ambassador as I was not present to hear her presentation. My colleague, Senator Healy Eames has referred to the issue of the border areas and refugees from Syria and other countries. Turkey is not part of the EU but it is has 600,000 refugees from Syria and there has been a movement of refugees into Greece. Is Europe doing enough to deal with the Syrian crisis and to support countries such as Greece who are dealing with an influx of people? Should there be a European initiative to deal with this issue so that more support is provided to countries who are dealing with this problem which has arisen almost overnight? It has not been possible for such countries to undertake any forward planning for dealing with this problem.