Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

We have met many refugees who were facilitated by traffickers to came to Ireland.

I know it was not possible to reach a deal with the Italians. They had a problem with gardaí on Italian soil vetting migrants. Was there an element of the Italians not wanting states coming along and cherry-picking those in the camps in the south of Italy who had just been rescued from the Mediterranean leaving them with people who might be considered more troublesome or difficult? What was their rationale?