What are your views on Multiculturalism in Ireland? - Threadbanned User List in OP

I don't have any issues with people keeping themselves to themselves, living their life, looking after their families and keeping out of trouble.

I'm still not sure what posters expect of immigrants.

People/posters expect assimilation. It's really that simple. Integration leads to assimilation. People retain elements of their native culture, but absorb the culture of their host nation, ultimately becoming part of that culture, and contributing to the success/protection of that nation.

That's what posters really want to see happening, because when ethnic groups don't integrate/assimilate they form expectations for the development of a society, that runs counter to what the native population wants. Once you get past the basic needs, people want their children to be raised in a culture that matches their own morals, and value systems.

When you have migrants whose cultural values are vastly different, and they refuse to integrate, then you create pockets/enclaves where people remain different, and being different leads to discrimination/racism/etc. Not just by the native group, but by the ethnic enclaves towards everyone else. The best outcome for migrant groups is assimilation... or simply to return to their native culture when they've gotten what they wanted from living abroad.

I realise that you, and others (the pro-multiculturalism crowd) hold to some "higher" belief in human nature, often disregarding the reality of human behavior, but the truth is that having such differences between ethnic groups reinforces racism/discriminatory practices... and that's been shown in all countries where mass immigration has been encouraged.

Bizarre logic.

Finland has avoided mass immigration so far, and so, is well behind the curve of Ireland's experiences. The same can be said for most of Eastern Europe, and with the vast majority of their immigration coming from complimentary cultures (Eastern European), they already share a base culture and sense of expectations between native and immigrant groups.

And the Fins are extremely social, and friendly to each other (and other migrant groups). If you move there, and are friendly yourself, then you'll be met with smiles. Wonderful collection of people are the Fins. You really have some really oddball opinions of other cultures sometimes.

Free movement of European natives made sense. There was a commonality to the cultures involved. However with the demographic shifts in Europe, with mass immigration, free movement has become less than it was. Oh, I completely support it within Europe, but I do think we (Europeans) should have held our citizenship or EU citizenship as something much more valuable than it currently is, and made it far more difficult for people to obtain.. even to the point of retaining free movement for those European citizens with a generational history in Europe, as opposed to simply gaining citizenship in one country or another. But then, I don't really agree with this desire to bring in countries into the EU who were never part of Europe (yup, looking at the supporters for Turkey joining).

If 17pc of our population were other (actual) Europeans, I'd have no issue. If 25pc were (actual) Europeans, I'd have no issue. My issue remains with those who are so different, with little interest in integration/assimilation, and most likely to want to change the host culture to match their own interests. That's the worry for me... when we have 10pc African and/or 10pc M.Eastern.