Ireland urged to look beyond EU figures for intake of refugees

The UN’s expert on migration has said Ireland should not cap its intake of refugees at whatever figure the EU imposes.

Peter Sutherland, former Irish attorney general and currently UN special representative on migration, said the 1,100 refugees Ireland offered to take in as an interim measure should only be regarded as a starting point.

“Whatever the quota system that the Commission proposes should be put forward, we should adopt, but that is a minimum,” he said.