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

Yeah, I believe we're taking in approx 100k if rumor's are to be believed. Personally, I think it is likely to be higher but we'll have to wait and see how the situation on the ground develops

No argument about a ceasefire, however one important thing to note, especially in the eastern cities and towns of Ukraine, there are few building still standing so many from that region will have little option but to keep moving until they reach a destination that can offer them sanctuary. That could be western Ukraine, Poland, France, or Ireland etc.

Regardless of what happens or how quick it happens, it'll take many years to reconstruct Ukraine and the longer it drags out, the longer that process will take

Nightmare stuff. There is a difference between European refugees and middle Eastern and North African migrants who are basically invaders to Europe.

They do not fit in and it shouldn't be our problem. Turn the boats around and drop them off at their neighbours countries where they fit in with their backward medieval ways

Sweeping generalisation about entire races or nationalities come across as a tad xenophobic, no?

It is a sweeping generalisation that the countries next door are islamic too. They should go there. Europe has more than enough on its plate now.

The important distinction though is that it happens in Asia. In that case, it's more to do with obtaining a secure financial life for both themselves and their families. Westerners are seen as a solid bet because even if they're useless in the West, they've loads of opportunities in Asia. There's also the aspect of high populations of women in those countries, and so, there's less emphasis on their beauty carrying them. In China that was the case for centuries, until the more recent demographic shifts which propelled the population into having tens of millions more men than women, thereby changing the dynamic/place of women (of marriageable/childbearing age) in Chinese society.

When you look in the West, though, that kind of behaviour drops considerably. They still marry westerners, but their own value has increased, so the focus is less on the financial, and more on securing the visa, but they know that their own value here in the west is much higher than in the East. Those Asians born here in the west, operate under different priorities... but it's worth always remembering the importance of family, and many Asian families do not want their child marrying a foreigner/westerner. It's a cultural reluctance among many Asian cultures, which is offset by the financial appeal of westerners, or the chance to have a white baby, but many Asians retain the reluctance to marry a non-Asian.

Most of my partners have been Asian, and quite honestly, I can't imagine not settling down with someone from SE Asia. However, I know that's not that common. Sure, many guys will date them, and even marry them, but they generally lack the appreciation or genuine knowledge of cultural differences, so the marriages breakdown rather quickly. (I'm not going to deal with the wide variety of scams here)

Actually, I'd say it's cultural differences, and also differences in objectives. For many Asian women marriage is a transaction, and when the guy fails to provide what he was supposed to provide, she jumps ship. You see the same with many Eastern European women, who married someone expecting a particular standard of living, and leaves/cheats when that fails to manifest.

The cultural differences are pretty large.. I find most westerners are rather flippant or dismissive of the differences in culture, perhaps thinking their experience abroad translates into something useful, but it often doesn't. This is especially true with certain Asian cultures which have a public face, and a private face, so it can be very difficult for a western man to come to any strong understanding of it, before making the plunge (and he might never understand it at all).

Age is rarely that big of an issue, unless you've decided to return home, and expose your Asian bride to a lot of opinions coming from western women that they should be dissatisfied. Couples who stay in Asia, tend to remain together.