Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

In the context of 65 million people being displaced, the biggest displacement since the Second World War with thousands of people dying in the Mediterranean, I would have expected a slightly more human document, one which put the situation in perspective. We have rights and obligations under international law. This is not a charity. We have signed up to international documents. We put people into direct provision with huge consequences for their lives. Families share rooms, there is no independence and there is a huge impact on mental and physical health. Is that not right?