David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I again thank the Tánaiste.

One of the issues that is developing there is that people are desperate to leave and they are selling what they have, including property and whatever else. They are mortgaging houses to get out and try to get to Europe and the traffickers are taking advantage of that. Would the Tánaiste bring that to the table in the EU so that it is aware of that and of the pressures people are under and to see what more can be done to assist the people there to get out of this shocking crisis they are in? It is leading to a major humanitarian situation in Sri Lanka with rising inflation, currency collapse and so on.

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