Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 21 April 2021
1219. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the Government will immediately relocate refugees and asylum seekers from the horrific, dehumanizing Moira refugee camp in Lesvos, Greece in which they are trapped; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18267/21]
View answerOfficials from Irish Refugee Protection Programme (IRPP) are working with colleagues from Tusla and An Garda Síochána to arrange a joint mission to Greece in order to arrange the relocation of families and Unaccompanied Minors from Lesvos. It is expected that this relocation will take place very shortly.
Relocation from Greece is being organised as an exceptional humanitarian gesture alongside the government commitment to receive 2,900 refugees during the period 2020 -2023.
All missions and arrivals are being planned in the context of public health restrictions and Covid19 protocols.
