Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 25 February 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Undocumented Migrants Living in Ireland: Migrant Rights Centre Ireland

2:30 pm

Mr. Jayson Montenegro:

There has been a significant impact on both me and my children. I missed them when they were growing up. When they are sick they call me and I cannot do anything. At Christmas my son always asks me, "Dad, it is another Christmas again. Can you come home? Do I know you, Dad?" That is a difficult question for me. "Do I know you, Dad?" It is like my life stops when I hear that question because I do not know how to answer it. I always say to him that it is for his future and to support day-to-day living for my family. When my father passed away this month last year that was the hardest time in my life which I will never forget. My Mum telephoned me to tell me I needed to pray and after two minutes she told me that my Dad had passed away. I do not know what to do. The hardest time was when I saw my father in his coffin on Skype. It broke my heart. There is a knife in my heart that I cannot remove. I want to go home but my Mum said to me, "What about the future of your children? Can you support it?"

I wanted to see my father in the coffin but what about the future for my children?

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