Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 21 March 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Opt-In Regulation (EU) 2021/2303: Discussion

Photo of Thomas PringleThomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

My apologies for being late. I was at another meeting. I am just reading the proposals. Will the organisation link in or work with Frontex? The Minister talks about how good the European policies are. Surely he would agree that Frontex has not covered itself in glory in how it treats immigrants in Greece and places like that where there have been documented cases of people being put back in boats and pushed back into the Mediterranean by members of Frontex and by the Greek authorities as well. In that case, the Brits are actually better in that they let the people arrive. The EU is forcing people back into the sea. I am wondering what the new organisation's role will be and what its links to Frontex will be. Is there any information on that?

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