International Protection
Dail Éireann — 2023-05-30
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Bríd Smith (PBP), Dublin South-Central

I would argue with the Minister that the announcement he made in January was deeply irresponsible and has left hundreds of people at risk. I say that because it was aimed specifically at international protection refugees. This has been a proxy for a policy operating along racial lines. It was not aimed at the greater number of Ukrainians who are coming in; it was aimed at international protection refugees, the majority of whom are black and brown men. It has opened up the potential of leaving them to the mercy of organised fascists and racial discrimination, which we know, and as I heard the Minister say earlier, has always existed in this society, but it has deepened and thickened. This has been a disgraceful, deliberate announcement that international protection refugees, that is, black and brown men, largely, will be left on the streets and will be not accommodated. In line with this-----

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Sitting date: 2023-05-30