Seanad debates

Thursday, 19 December 2002

Immigration Bill, 2002: Committee Stage (Resumed).

 

The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform and the Minister of State keep saying that Ireland is the only country in the EU that does not have legislation of this sort. However, such legislation does not seem to have solved any problems in other countries. It will not solve any problems here; it will only result in people entering the State in different ways. Some of the methods they will use will place them in greater danger, as was the case with the horrible events at Rosslare last year. I do not believe this measure, nor any short of putting barbed wire around the boundaries of Europe and telling people to go away, will solve the problem of the number of asylum seekers.

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