Ireland running out of accommodation for Ukrainian refugees due to surge in non-Ukrainian refugees?

I mentioned further up that around 40% of global refugees have never actually held a passport. They are frequently living in third world countries and in poverty and would normally have absolutely no reason to leave their country - until whatever it is that has gone wrong locally has forced them out of their country. It's a bit tone deaf to be saying "you cannot be a genuine refugee unless you have a passport".

Who says we don’t have a choice?

Anyone see the "United Against Racism" protest with Chu and co? There's a picture of them standing with two signs, one saying "refugees welcome", the other "housing for all". If ever there was a picture that highlighted the absurdity of modern activism, that was it. Two positions at conflict, yet those holding the signs somehow don't see how those views are at conflict, even though it should be completely obvious.

so if someone arrives having destroyed their documents we can send them back to somewhere without a passport? is that an option currently? pretty sure it isn't, therefore, like it or not, we don't have a choice but to give them shelter.

You can of course substantiate your claims that the people at the port tunnel are non-local and all represent fringe groups?

If not, your assurances are of little consequence ‘Monk’..

This is precisely what the Guards were doing up until just before Covid.

You have been badly shown up on this thread,you are clueless.

This is one link,there are lots of other ones.

An Egyptian fella stabbed a few people in Dundalk a few years ago, killing a Japanese lad. The cops had spoken to him the day before n told him to make his way to Dublin n himself known to the immigration department.

He didn't bother n went on a stabbing spree instead. I would have thought that the cops would have had to bring yer man down to immigration n get him processed but obviously not.

You made the claim that everybody at the port tunnel protests are non-local and represent fringe groups. Can you back your statement please?

I have no idea what motivates those fringe groups, nor have I scrutinized their manifestos. You know why ‘Monk’? I’m too busy working and spending time with my family. You should try it some time, instead of wasting your life posting copious volumes of unsubstantiated drivel here..

Why is it irrelevant? If it was irrelevant why do so many countries insist on it as a precondition of your entry to their country?

You’ve only deemed it “irrelevant” because you have nothing to say for yourself.

Would anyone here bet on the accuracy of stuff like this?

These are political groups with vested interests conducting polling about topics where they've a great bias. This wouldn't be tolerated in most spheres, but when it comes to the NGO class we're meant to just treat their work as being both honest and rigorous, and ignore the obvious bias that they have.

If you read the article, it's hard not to conclude that a very particular type of person was likely polled and not your average Irish person.

"Polling exists to persuade and not inform", is something I can't disagree with, especially when they are clearly using polling as such to get outcomes that they want.

Ok. And lighten up fella.

Unless immigration control are at the steps of each plane, retracing steps will prove difficult. Dublin airport immigration were doing this back in 2020 and earlier, with a focus of flights from Georgia and Albania and subsequently deportations were occurring on next flight to country of origin. This action was considered unlawful and has now ceased to my knowledge, though stand corrected.

As of 2021, asylum seekers can now open a bank account even if they travelled with fake documents or mislaid ID, with a Temporary Residence Certificates or a Stamp4 Irish Residency Permit. Clearly, standards have dropped significantly and the increase in arriving with no ID reflects that.

How can you open a back account with a made up ID, albeit a state given one ? I had to open back accounts for my teenage kids about 4 years ago in the same bank that I have a mortgage for my home in. You wouldn’t believe the hoops I had to jump through to open their accounts in their own names.

As for waiting at the steps of a plane. There is a vast amount of cctv in the airport. It might take a few hours to 100% identify an individual but it wouldn’t be that difficult.

I’m curious which entity made the checks unlawful. Surely under the umbrella of national and EU security, it would be perfectly allowable to secure your borders. If you remember the height of the Brexit debate, border checks to NI were to be considered and required by the EU to secure European borders.