Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the continuing hunger strike and protest by 41 Afghans in Dublin, the apparent failure of the Government to take into account that there is a war raging in Afghanistan, which the Minister disgracefully described as mere disturbances, and which last night alone claimed the lives of at least 60 civilians, policemen, rebels and soldiers in gun and bomb attacks in several areas, and the increasingly urgent need for the Minister to introduce a formal system of complementary protections for those persons who do not fit the narrow convention criteria for refugee status.

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