List do ministra sprawiedliwości w sprawie profilowania lotów

List do ministra sprawiedliwości w sprawie profilowania lotów

Helen McEntee TD

Minister for Justice

 

Dear Minister,

We are writing in relation to an article published in the Irish Examiner on September 1st, 2020 entitled „Welfare check for pandemic fraud targeted Eastern European flights” (https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40041488.html).

The author of the article states that it has emerged that the vast majority of airport checks for those suspected of abusing welfare benefits (e.g. the Pandemic Unemployment Payment) during the Covid-19 pandemic were aimed at flights to Eastern Europe. It seems that no checks/limited checks were carried out on flights to different destinations, including English-speaking countries such as the UK or the USA. Data obtained through FOI from the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection clearly confirm these practices.  (więcej…)