Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Flanagan, is travelling next week. It is Ireland's intention to support the UN in introducing a new compact on migration. The idea is to try to build consensus across the UN structures to strike a balance between treating migrants in a way that is consistent with international law and recognising that countries have a right to manage their borders appropriately, and to ensure that those issues are dealt with as consistently as possible across the world. Migration, as the Deputy knows, is a huge challenge for many countries. This is a very good effort to try to do that. Not all countries in the UN will support it, but I am glad to say that Ireland will be one of those that will support those efforts.

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