Kildare schools in EU debate in Dublin

Schools in Kilcullen and Monasterevin represent EU countries in a debate on migration in Dublin next week.

Cross and Passion College in Kilcullen will be Belgium while St Paul's Secondary School in Monasterevin will represent Croatia.

The ninth annual Model Council of the European Union debate for secondary schools will take place on Tuesday 1 March in the Printworks Conference Centre in Dublin Castle.

The debate is a role-play of the Council of the European Union and involves 28 secondary schools from around Ireland, each of which represents an EU Member State.

Each school will represent the Minister for Justice or Home Affairs from the 28 EU Member States.

Each school will present its case either for or against a mock European Commission proposal for a Decision 'establishing provisional international protection measures to support Italy and Greece'.

The proposal is based on the actual European Commission proposal from May 2015 to establish an emergency relocation mechanism for the benefit of Italy and Greece.