Seanad debates

Tuesday, 4 February 2003

Immigration Bill 2002: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage.

 

Asylum seekers have a moral and legal duty to co-operate with the State. One of the things that really saddens me is that this year, as a result of financial constraints, although the amount of resources the State invested in overseas development assistance rose substantially it did not rise by the amount we would have wished. Of the sum of €300 million to which I referred, 90% is spent on people who are not entitled to the protection of the State. I often think that if a substantial amount of that went to overseas development assistance, the interests of morality would be better served.

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