Regina Doherty: “This is a serious crime and that's what I'm really concerned about”

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.

I will be voting in favour of a full ban on the export of alumina from the EU to Russia. Europe cannot continue supplying strategic materials to a regime waging an illegal and brutal war on our continent.

I really don’t believe we should be supplying strategic materials to a country that is waging an illegal war against a European country that is costing the taxpayers in support of that country, to sustain itself and hopefully win the war…