Regina Doherty: “There’s compassionate at the heart of it, adding that safeguards are woven throughout the legislation with human rights…”

We need a fair and firm system, that will protect those who need international protection, but will be firm with those who do not have a legal right to stay in the EU and will make sure to enforce the law.

Every day Putin's invasion claims more innocent lives. If Europe is serious about standing with Ukraine, we cannot allow a single shipment to strengthen Russia's economy or its war machine.

This legislation does not create a European version of ICE in the US or the Rwanda system in the UK, saying that this was misinformation.

This is a serious crime and that's what I'm really concerned about