Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 14 December 2016

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Immigration and Refugee Crisis: Discussion

9:00 am

Photo of David StantonDavid Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Yes. We are hoping, and trying, to up that number all the time. Tusla has gone to Athens on a number of occasions to interview them. An unaccompanied minor is a child who is totally on his or her own. Tusla has gone to the area to assess the situation and will continue to do so. We have committed to taking in 20 unaccompanied minors and we will continue to work on that. As I have already said, if Deputy Wallace or other Deputies have names of people from the Calais camps who are under the age of 18 and who want to be in Ireland, please pass them on to us and we will see if we can locate them. They may be spread across France at this stage, which presents challenges, as the committee will understand.

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