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

From the article in the opening post, Michael Martin in July 2022 -

Mr Martin said he is holding an emergency meeting with ministers today to discuss the rising number of non-Ukrainian refugees arriving in Ireland.

The Taoiseach also hit out at UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Rwanda deportation policy saying it was “shocking” and suggested it could be responsible for the spike in asylum seekers arriving in Ireland.

The comments came as the Government conceded they have run out of space for refugees fleeing Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

Mr Martin said there are huge pressures on the asylum process and international protection applications, excluding Ukrainian refugees, are expected to be five times higher than expected this year.

“Annually, one could have been anticipating maybe 3,500. This year, that could be four or five times that figure, maybe more by the end of the year. So much so that Citywest, which was designed as a reception centre for Ukrainians fleeing war, (now) 70pc of Citywest are international protection applicants,” he said.

“I convened a meeting today of all the relevant ministers with a view to designing the next set of responses to deal with both people fleeing war from Ukraine, but also the international protection issue and the surge in numbers and to get a deeper analysis of that, but also to prepare a response from government in relation to that development as well, which is, quite significant and is placing considerable strain on existing state accommodation efforts,” he said.

“We will from policy perspective, prioritize those who are fleeing war are very vulnerable situations.

"And that will have to be on prioritisation in terms of orders or response in terms of emergency accommodation. We have to also deal with anomalies that have arisen within our existing international protection system,” he added.

Thanks for directing me to that article.

In February 2022 Roderic O'Gorman sent out tweets in five different languages, Albanian, Arabic, Somali, Urdu and Georgian advertising a pamphlet in which he promised new arrivals housing – own door accommodation – within four months, medical cards would also be available, and dentistry, mental health and other services.

https://gript.ie/photos-the-moment-when-roderic-ogorman-told-the-world-ireland-was-a-soft-touch-on-migration/

Five months later, in July 2022, Micheal Martin is calling an "emergency meeting with ministers to discuss the rising number of non-Ukrainian refugees arriving in Ireland" "who are putting huge pressures on the asylum process" and "placing considerable strain on existing state accommodation efforts"

Is the fundamental problem there

A. the absence of facilities for these (unlimited numbers of) new arrivals or

B. an utterly unrealistic policy on immigration by Minister Roderic O'Gorman.

The same amadan that tweeted in several different languages telling them all to come here is now saying there's nowhere to put them. You just have to laugh at the state of the clowns running this country.

It hasn’t been helped by hoteliers and other private accommodation providers being left out of pocket for months while providing for refugees and having to pay suppliers -

There are 240 Hotels around Ireland providing accommodation for 14,000 "refugees".

224 of those contracts need to be renewed by the end of March.

Two thirds of owners have not confirmed as yet that they will be renewing.

We know of examples like Carlingford where local protests in November produced an immediate statement from the hotel owner that they would not be renewing their contract.

I believe there are a lot of reasons besides protests why hotel owners will not renew. Pressure from fellow tourist business owners would be a major one. Nonetheless, if there have been protests outside a hotel and the same hotel does not renew its contract I think a lot of people will rightly or wrongly credit the protestors.

So over the next ten weeks you'll have

A. these former hotel residents being moved in to new accommodation and riling up new communities

B. communities who will be aware of examples all over the country where it will seem that protest has been effective.

That's what I'm looking forward to anyway.

Not paying some of the hotels is a massive own goal. It is now obvious that payment is not guaranteed when they sign up.

No doubt you remember the protests that took place in Carlingford in November against the housing of refugees in the Carlingford Adventure Centre.

Not meaning to be funny with you bertie but no, no I don’t remember Carlingford or hearing anything about it. First I’ve ever heard of Carlingford was your post, second I’ve ever heard of it was when I searched for it on Google just now as I’d never heard of the place, nor the Adventure Centre. It’s in Louth… which might explain why I’d never heard of it before now 😂

EDIT: I’ve just searched for ‘Carlingford protests’, no need for Telegram, Irish Independent article gives pretty much the same account of their statement as you’ve given above. I can understand why you wouldn’t want to link to any sources in mainstream media though which also report on this sort of behaviour -

Local residents took to social media to express their views about the situation, with some expressing the opinion that it wouldn’t be the same for women and children to walk the streets of Carlingford. People also criticised the lack of communication.

A video which incorrectly claimed that 200 men had been bussed into the village under cover of darkness was widely shared on social media.

Footage of Sunday’s protest has also been posted online.

It shows a small group of people gathered in The Square, with most of the speakers seemingly from outside the village.

One woman, carrying a tricolour, said that the men were not refugees but are “part of a UN army come in to keep the Irish people in check for what’s coming next.”

Other speakers complained that there was “mass immigration into the towns and villages of Ireland” and that the refugees were not properly vetted.

"What kind of Ireland do you want in the future? Ireland belongs to the Irish.”

They also criticised the government parties and Sinn Fein.

Another man said it was “an invasion” and that Irish people would be a minority in their own country, while a voice from the crowd called for the refugees to be taken to Greenore “and put on a boat”.

However, one local man carried a sign which read: “Carlingford the silent majority welcomes displaced peoples. Happy Christmas. O Holy Night’.

https://m.independent.ie/regionals/louth/news/protest-held-in-carlingford-over-arrival-of-refugees-from-ukraine-42182549.html

A lot of people are posting absolute numbers of asylum seekers while failing to take into account the populations of the host countries. The quoted post above is one example.

"What a parcel of rogues in a nation". Robbie Burns

Calling it a farce is being way too kind. If this were a marriage, the behaviour of our govmt would be considered abusive.

Don’t worry. Members of the government have been on the radio during the week to say measures are being taken and modular homes are being built so all will be ok in March.

I see a bus approaching

That woman from Carlingford is off the wall with conspiracies with the crap about UN army plantations.

That’s if Carlingford enters the general consciousness at all bertie, and having been made aware of recent events there, the only thing I came away with was “bunch of loopers”. It’s not any different with any of the other protests you’ve obviously convinced yourself have been a success, in spite of events which would suggest otherwise -

https://m.independent.ie/news/around-100-people-gather-in-east-wall-to-protest-over-refugee-centre-42282420.html

https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/gardai-implement-special-policing-plan-ahead-of-multiple-anti-asylum-seeker-protests-42279897.html

And as I mentioned in another thread recently, my young lad went on a weekend away hotel break recently, and I wasn’t at all concerned about the hotel accommodating refugees. What I was more concerned about were the likes of this idiot and the possibility of people with similar ideas actually going so far as to carry out their threats -

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41046959.html

I know you don’t stand behind that kind of behaviour, I know you don’t support it, but that’s what will stick in the general consciousness - the Irish people involved in that kind of behaviour and how they disrupted innocent people’s lives to promote their own ideology that Ireland was under threat from immigrants or Government 😒

Success is defined by whether or not a person or group meets their objectives. It’s that simple. Protest groups haven’t met their objectives, and they’re unlikely to meet their objectives because they’re about as coordinated as a crèche full of babies fumbling about the place.

As disorganised as Government and local authorities efforts have been, and as apathetic as the public are to their efforts, the apathy is even greater towards protesters disorganised efforts, and ticked off about their efforts which impede the public which just wants to go about their business.

There's a clear and present crisis coming up. The hotels are going to try to put out the Ukrainians when their contract with the state is up

The Muppets in charge better put an end to this "international protection" racket real fast if they are going to find any room for continued arrivals of Ukrainians.

Absolute Muppets they are.