Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 16 November 2016
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
Migrant Crisis: Discussion
9:00 am
Priya:
She is worried about her future as well. She wants to study law. She has come with me to listen to what has been going on, learn more about what will be decided from here and find out what her future will be. It is good to know the members of the committee are listening to us. It is not easy to live as an undocumented person. We are talking about everyday life rather than just one day. It is good that we are pushing for regularisation, but we have been pushing for five years. My daughter will not be 16 again after five years have passed. We are not talking about posters or objects. We are talking about the future. The future is tomorrow. If we keep pushing, that means we are pushing the future further away. We cannot catch what has already gone. My children will lose the years of their lives when they should be going to college and studying to get good degrees so that they can work and contribute here in Ireland. These are the things we are talking about. It is easy to talk here, but it is not easy to live it and to feel it.
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