Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 11 July 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
Immigrant Investor Programme and International Protection Applications: Discussion
9:00 am
Mr. Michael Kirrane:
They are usually countries where there are unstable Governments such as war-torn countries. There are a number of countries we will not send people back to. We will not send people back to Syria, Iran, Iraq or South Sudan. There are other countries with which we have great difficulty when seeking co-operation on obtaining travel documents. We work closely with the embassies in Dublin and London because many countries do not have embassies here. We work with them to try to get travel documents for their nationals to enable them to return. It is a challenge.
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