Seanad debates
Thursday, 19 December 2002
Immigration Bill, 2002: Committee Stage (Resumed).
This legislation will drive trafficking further underground, the consequences of which will further enrich traffickers, none of whom has ever been brought before a court in this State or, as far as I am advised, any other member state of the European Union. Driving traffickers further underground will result in further such horrible events as happened last year. That is the reason this legislation is wrong. It will not solve the problem that allegedly exists because it is exaggerated. Having failed to solve it, it will create new problems that will put people at risk.
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