Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 29 May 2025

Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

Readmission Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Kazakhstan: Discussion

2:00 am

Photo of Matt CarthyMatt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

There is a difference between return agreements and readmission agreements in that the latter covers citizens of third countries who might have come through Kazakhstan, in this case. Would it be fair to say part of the impetus from an EU perspective is not Kazakhstani citizens - the Minister indicated the numbers are fairly small - but citizens of third countries who have travelled through Kazakhstan? Readmission would apply to people from Afghanistan, for example, and a return or readmission to Kazakhstan. Is that a fair or accurate depiction?

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