Ms Áine Ní Chonaill:

It is nice to hear the Chairman acknowledge that it is a reality. It has been said that some of the increase in this is due to the appalling situation in Syria. However, when I see what we are talking about on the television, it is frequently not Syrians but obviously people from Africa. There is a constant migratory pressure on Europe, but the utter chaos in Libya since the fall of Gaddafi is apparently among the reasons. Actually, the Libyans had been co-operating with Europe, apparently, in preventing boats from leaving for Europe, and that has completely collapsed now. People come from much further south to Libya to cross. They were previously prevented from doing so, but they no longer are. The phenomenon has become massively greater.