Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We can all agree that migration works best where integration happens in communities. I acknowledge there is a difficulty with the lack of spaces for people seeking international protection but IPAS seems to be moving people around like pieces on a chess board. I am dealing with an elderly lady with severe medical complications has been living in a centre for two years. She has got involved in the community and made contacts with GPs and consultants. With three days' notice, she is being moved from one centre to another. It does not create additional space; it simply forces somebody who has established roots in a particular community after living there for two years to move from County Westmeath to County Monaghan. It is inhumane. She has supports in Westmeath. People should be facilitated. Obviously she cannot stay indefinitely in a centre and she will need to move out. She has permission to remain. She needs to be supported to stay in Westmeath and not moved to Monaghan. There is no net gain and she should be supported to stay there.

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