Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Minister is quite correct that the reports are incredibly worrying, but they are unsurprising. The fact that the Turkish regime has denied them or said it was doing everything in accordance with a plan is a bad sign rather than something to take comfort from. The EU is saying: "Tut tut, lads. We're really not too happy with what you are doing here." The problem, however, is that it sends a contradictory message when we continue to do business with them. It is a fact that refugees have been shot, along with arbitrary detention and deportation without due process. By continuing to deal with that, we are complicit in it, and not only in terms of the refugees themselves. It also gives a green light to the Turkish authorities to continue their poor treatment of the Kurdish population. The Minister will know that, according to the UN, Turkish security forces have shot civilians, destroyed infrastructure, carried out arbitrary arrests, and triggered a wave of displacement in their ongoing campaign against the Kurds. By continuing to do business with them, we are giving a green light for that to continue.

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