Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 5 July 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence

Search and Rescue Missions in Mediterranean and Migration Crisis: Médecins Sans Frontières

10:00 am

Mr. Sam Taylor:

We would have liked to have heard a humane response with some humane policies from the European Council meeting which treat these issues in a way that takes into consideration the sheer numbers of people involved. We have had discussions about this in the past. Unfortunately, what we hear is the continued outsourcing of EU borders, whether that is the EU-Turkey deal or similar proposals, which look to further push the borders of Europe out of sight and out of mind. This is not out of MSF's sight or mind. We would hope for a political solution which is humane, however naive that may sound.

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