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

Which begs the question - why don’t we do it?

Well they wont need the staff now, because the industry has been decimated. Going to be a hard tourist season next year in a lot of towns.

Independent TD Carol Nolan in the Dail today spoke confidentially about issues TD around Ireland refuses to bring up no matter how many of their constituents bring their worries and concerns to their attention.

Around the 6:50 mark, she responds to Martins's usual shite and talks about Ukraine which has now become his shield from accountability.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ko3sxHvTv5Q&t=2s

Part of Martins response is what got me:

Climate change ffs.....According to EU data Ireland's total greenhouse gas emissions, 1990-2021 increased by 6.2%, being the second from worst, after Cyprus. Ireland grew its population by 43% and Cyprus grew its population by 67% over this time period. 43% is large population growth in that time period. If Ireland is so concerned about its CO2 emissions, why are we so silent on immigration but yet so willing to import more co2 emitters?

Two quotes from Tanaiste Simon Coveney:

Yeh!

What evidence do you have that refugees that come to Ireland are criminals? If that was the case, we'd surely be hearing much more about it i.e. multiple cases involving refugees going through the courts and also evidence emerging that they were convicted criminals back in their own country.

Convicted criminals would hardly have that much interest in moving to another country to live in a refugee centre on a relative pittance (they would presumably want to be outside the system and working in the black economy at a bare minimum).

UK bringing in a law if you arrive into the UK illegally you can’t stay in the country.

Why are Bosnians and Albanians even considered for asylum? When climate change is considered a justifiable reason for asylum, then we are totally screwed.

They would have had documentation in order to get on the plane in the first place. Fake or not, they needed it and the captain would tell them at the start of flight that their documents are required in order to disembark the plane. Absolutely no reason to get rid of documents if they are genuine. What purpose does it serve?

It might be extremely unlikely, or difficult, to get on board a plane with no documentation, but it would not be impossible.

Not all asylum claims are initiated at airports StrawbsM. What you appear to be suggesting would not be the panacea you might think

One theory, and backed up by a recent case where a man was caught with several passports getting off a plane, is that they hand them to another person on the plane. Collect them later and use them to commit social welfare fraud and or other fraud down the line. 13 people presented themselves with no documentation and the same day this guy was found with all 13 passports/travel papers. Jailed for 5 years and rightly so.

https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/man-jailed-for-facilitating-illegal-immigration-into-ireland-1403722.html

Again, there are other ways of entering a country rather than airplane StrawbsM. You might have been the victim of an oul' dropping yourself if you are only away of the possibility of commercial flight.

A person can also enter at the airport, destroy their documentation later after entry through immigration, and turn up at a centre to claim asylum then. Are you not able to figure that out?

It is also perfectly valid to claim asylum if you have been living legally in a country for years, and then don't want to go back.

See, you're learning things today.

I believe over 50% of asylum claims from Albanians in the UK are successful (2022), suggesting it is 'not' considered a safe country. There are serious issues such as human trafficking and modern slavery going on.

The Albanian people being deported are probably ones who can show no evidence that they were trafficked or faced threats from criminal gangs.

It's a bit of a total basket case compared to most European democracies though. Rife with state corruption, numerous criminal gangs, bribery, the black market, human trafficking, police corruption and harassment etc. The idea that it is a perfectly safe country to live in and nobody who lives there is at risk doesn't hold up.