Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 16 November 2016

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Migrant Crisis: Discussion

9:00 am

Mr. Pablo Rojas Coppari:

I agree with the Senator. Our immigration policy has always been aligned with the importance of maintaining the common travel area as it is. Brexit can mean everything and anything. We are concerned about maintaining the privilege of the common travel area. In negotiating the maintenance of the common travel area, it is in the interest of the State to know who is resident here. It will strengthen our negotiations by knowing the current population. From a personal point of view, we should not forget we are a sovereign State and that we get to choose policy development with care and consideration for other arrangements that we have. This is an added value and Brexit should not be an excuse for us to fail to meet the needs of the people who are living in our country.

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