Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Minister might give me a more detailed written response on the matter at some stage. The Yarmouk camp has been described as hell on earth. Has there been additional funding from the Government for this particular situation? One of the difficulties in the Syrian war relates to people trying to flee Syria. We have seen several occurrences recently of boats sinking in the Mediterranean and so on. The number of drownings is 50 times greater than last year. Does the Minister believe there should be an EU response on the matter? What is the Government's view on the strengthening search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean?

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