Calls to allow legal and safe escape from persecution after migrants found on ship

The Government has again been called on to commit to solutions that allow people to safely and legally escape persecution - after another group of migrants was found trying to enter Ireland in a cargo ship.

Eight men, believed to be from Albania and aged in their 20s were discovered hiding aboard a bulk cargo ship by crew in Bellview port in Waterford on Wednesday. The vessel had travelled to Ireland from France.