Taoiseach Leo Varadkar on 16 people found on a ferry bound for Rosslare: “Of course our initial response will be a humanitarian one, to make sure those people are well and that their health is good.
“After that of course there will need to be a response that involves the gardai, because as you know human trafficking is illegal, and we’ll need to see what happens with the people who come ashore.
"They may wish to claim asylum, which they’re entitled to do, or they may wish to be returned to the safe country from which they came. We’ll need to cross that bridge when we come to it, but the initial response will of course be a humanitarian one...
"...to make sure they are alive and in good health.”
