The shocking death tolls outlined in your coverage (World News, January 6) missed the vital statistic that the EU has only resettled 0.17% of the refugees to whom, in September, it committed to offering safety and hope.

Barack Obama’s ‘commonsense’ reforms to fix the ‘broken immigration system’ in the United States (Irish Examiner, May 23) stand in stark contrast to the lack of political leadership which has been shown on this issue by successive Irish governments.

Your recent investigation into prostitution and the human misery it is causing could not be more timely and is an important contribution to the debate over whether or not to make it an offence to pay for sex.