Seanad debates
Thursday, 3 July 2003
Immigration Bill 2002 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] : Report and Final Stages.
If this was the case, it would alleviate the backlog here in the processing of people. Other factors besides costs, to which I referred earlier, come into play and these underline the need for an expeditious handling of applications. Like other towns and counties, the one in which I live plays its part in hosting many asylum seekers. We should bear in mind that these people are unemployed and have a great deal of time on their hands, which, unfortunately, can make them easy targets for unsavoury elements in the community who introduce them to fund-raising activities to supplement their wherewithal. This is not the road down which we should allow them to travel. The quicker the process is handled, the less likely these people are to be exposed to those unsavoury elements within some of our communities.
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