Mr. Ruairí de Búrca:

Questions around migration are very important right now. We are involved in the Global Compact for Migration, which is an effort to address some of the underlying issues. As we develop the new White Paper, it is clearly one of the questions of the age. We try with our development co-operation programming to address some of the root causes which are around poverty and development questions to a large extent. In addressing poverty and development issues in Africa or elsewhere, we must be careful not to make our aid an instrumentalised issue. It is not just about targeting migration. It has to be about the defined needs of the populations we work with. There is a delicate balance that we will have to work out. That is where having a presence on the ground through embassies is very important. It helps us to fine tune the responses to what locals need.