Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Is there a proposed EU-Libya migration deal on the table? Are the measures that have been announced by way of the Malta declaration simply measures of stemming the tide or are they real measures of assistance? Médecins sans Frontières has stated:

With their "Malta Declaration" on the Central Mediterranean, the European Council is delusional about just how dangerous the situation in Libya really is ... This declaration is yet more evidence that the EU leaders' only aim is "stemming the flow".

Are we moving towards an arrangement that is a carbon copy of the EU-Turkey arrangement? We are not talking about forcibly sending refugees back in boats to Tripoli and Libya and housing them in camps in Libya. I take it we are not agreeing with that. Once I have clarification on that, it is fine. I have said before that our Government should not be supporting third-country arrangements. At the very least, we should be debating such arrangements in full in the Dáil before assent is given in respect of them.

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