Time for a zero refugee policy? - *Read OP for mod warnings and threadbans - updated 11/5/24*

Simon Harris told reporters after the ceremony: “Today is a sharp reminder of how our country is all the richer for the diversity"

Well, another "sharp reminder" was the new Garda station he had to open in O'Connell St earlier that day. North inner city is now completely crime-ridden and overwhelmed with refugees

There's also the intangible factors like the ever-growing number of minority groups who prioritise themselves and their interests over the native population. It's not something we've had to deal with before with the relatively homogenous population we had post-Independence, and there's a refusal to even acknowledge it might exist. Take this for example:

This is a feelgood story but when you look a bit closer, you see that the girls benefited from funding and mentoring from a group which is only interested in helping people from an ethnic minority background. Not Irish girls. And it doesn't take class into consideration at all. Quote below:

"When Nomayo realized she was often the only female or person of color in her classes, the obvious imbalance troubled her. So with the goal of bringing more girls and people of color into that space, she founded Phase Innovate, whose mission is to mentor and train underrepresented minorities in the fields of tech and business."

First of all, why wouldn't you be a tiny minority in a white European country? That in itself isn't some terrible injustice, it's just a fact. Being a minority does not make you automatically oppressed, in fact Nigerians in Ireland tend to be a very wealthy subset of their own population. But the question has to be asked: how does this make Ireland richer for diversity if some groups have no interest in "Ireland" and only want to help themselves? Because that's what's evident to people who unlike Simon Harris, actually live in "diverse" areas and see this playing out. I've mentioned this on a previous post but I find it really striking when I look at local volunteer groups who look after local heritage, litter-picking, community fundraising etc - they are exclusively native Irish. For whatever reason, our "new Irish" are not engaging with the place they've made home, they're not interested in anything outside themselves. It would help if our government did not funnel endless resources to NGOs which encourage this Balkanisation in communities, but they seem to have adopted a depressingly American approach. You could probably say it's human nature that people will look out for their own, but shouldn't we be trying to mitigate this if we want a cohesive society?

Do the people who get citizenship at these events pay for it or is it free.

If they pay then fair enough but no way should it be given away for nothing.

The IT reports that 20000 asylum seekers now being accommodated by State. And the government's response?:

“The Government recently announced plans to develop three accommodation centres on State land, with the potential to provide 400 beds”

That's not 4000 (which would be bad enough), but 400. Why do they continue with this insanity when they simply don't have the resources? Hotels were never designed for full-time residence, and it's laughable that the government are now blaming hotels for price-gouging. Well, when so many hotel beds in the country are taken up by asylum seekers, what exactly did they expect to happen hotel prices?

An absolutely excellent post. I feel the same. On a human level most of these people are probably sound as I am sure she is from what I see if her.

However, although it feels great to support people like her immigrating, and not only does it feel good to wave the flag of diversity but it aligns with the supportive media, we have a problem firstly financing all this and secondly integrating and changing the type of society we have.

These things are ignored. And asking about them is like bringing up the deceased's bad deeds at the funeral, ruining the buzz basically

It’s quite entertaining consistently deconstructing this nonsense.

Let’s begin with the quotes around ‘native’ populations, with the inference being that this is an ill-defined, intangible concept. Previously, this tactic was applied to ‘legal’ immigrants. It’s now been crudely transposed to native, indigenous populations.

Unfortunately for you, native populations are far from being displaced, even across the developed world. I had the pleasure of engaging in some business travel in Czechia, Poland, and the Slovak republic last autumn. It was refreshing to spend time in European countries secure in their identities with vibrant indigenous cultures. I suggest you avoid at all costs, given that the local populations overwhelmingly shared a common nationality, religion (or none), and indeed ‘colour’. Interesting that this adjective was inserted into the narrative. Perhaps a Freudian slip, but certainly indicative of the mindset in play here.

Let’s move on to the advanced economies of East Asia. China is more than 90% Han Chinese; Japan is 97% Japanese; Korea is similarly Korean. Those native populations are far from being displaced. Much closer to home, there are scores of towns within 20 miles of Dublin city center, overwhelmingly populated by the native, indigenous Irish. Even within Dublin, there is a plethora of suburbs, particularly in the more affluent South East and North East of the city, that are remarkably indigenous.

These are all living, cohesive communities that are far from an historical statistic. Whilst we’re discussing statistics, the data also shows that indigenous, yes native European populations, are utterly opposed to the demographic overhaul of their societies. Whilst the world may be more mobile, the push-back by the indigenous is only just starting to ramp up.

This is something that the open border fanatics fail to comprehend, given that their ideology is grounded on a decades-old principle that all immigration is unquestionably positive. It really threatens their worldview, when the native populations advocate for their own interests and reject their ideology.

Globally it is. Most non Irish never played it young and have no association with it.

Have highlighted the key word in both head and subhead. Wake me up when something significant starts happening to substantiate his thesis...

I'm in favour of abortion being legal in Ireland. Does this mean I need to take one of my living children to be terminated?

Saw the RTE headline today regarding that woman. Didn't need to read it. These days you know instinctively before you click the article and I'd just get annoyed if I did read it.

We are already at Sweden 101. They don't need to open the articles either and haven't for years.

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