Maureen O'Sullivan (Dublin Central, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Consider the example of this funding going to the EU-Horn of Africa migration route, which is I believe €100 million going to Sudan. In Sudan there are gross violations of human rights. The Sudanese Government is involved in repression, it has used cluster bombs and it has attacked hospitals and schools. Sudan itself is also generating huge numbers of refugees and displaced people. The Sudanese Government is not honouring the 1951 UN Refugee Convention and it is forcibly returning Eritrean people to Eritrea. How can we see Sudan as a reliable partner? Equally, the Sudanese President is wanted by the International Criminal Court for human rights abuses and yet we are funding Sudan with some €100 million through the EU. What is the EU voice on this matter? Can we see that country as a reliable partner in looking after migration and refugees?

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