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

Educated people who have the skills needed to be a benefit to the country are always welcome.

Trouble is most of the young men arriving here on a daily basis are no use at all because they have little or no English and are poorly educated, they have nothing to offer and will be a drain on the already overstretched services here.

But luckily for them Mac Entee will soon be back so nobody will be deported and more will keep coming.

Even libs like yourself must be able to see this is a ridiculous situation that won't end well.

Jesus C, we are being financially (you know that word) left, right and centre. Laughing all the way to the local Intreo centre to collect their welfare 'entitlements' they added no stamps to qualify for.

I loathe loathe loathe that my hard earned tax contributions is going to those chancers and not services that are badly needed in this county and countrywide.

As I said country is going down the swaney at break neck speed!

Don't think anecdotes are allowed on this thread yurt, even the fluffy ones, tis on page 1.

Stick me down on your pity list as well will u, ta in advance.

I get what you are saying "Debdynamie". I think Ireland was at it's peak 2000 until the crash of 2007. However I would say that owning a home was as much of a pipe dream back then as it is now. They got crazy expensive.

I do sometimes worry about the "easy come easy go" with regard to wealth brought by the multinationals. There is going to be a lot of dependents still needing looking after (both foreign and domestic) and to do so with a reduced tax take would be absolutely crippling.

He did say most are dependent on state help if that is not true prove it . Why does he need to to be pitied for making a true claim . You know one person who is skilled and on a big salary .

I dare say that's only because we are only starting to feel the effects of these policies, ideologies, divisive crusading, and the rest in the last 5-10 years.

Run that poll again in a decade and I'd wager there'll be a very different response!

I'm confused ??

An family from Egypt, living here for 18 years, and they go back home on holidays. It wasnt clear to me but it seems they are depending on the Irish state for assistance, maybe Housing or welfare payments. Is that how you read it ?

Another lady, has a muslim arabic name, but it didnt say where she was from, might be Syria as the article discussed other Syrians. She has 4 kids, all born in Clones, said she was a single mum. What about the father of the kids ? Again, I am presuming she is dependent on the irish state for housing and welfare payments.

If I claim refugee status in say Australia, or Canada, will those states support me forever after I get my citizenship, or is their a cut off point to get a job and support yourself ?

It's not so much about "doing good" for most of these people (and the vocal advocates online), it's about being SEEN to be "doing good"

We live in an era of virtue signalling and attention spans that extend little past the byline in a story. What you can see in the link above is enough to tick that box for most.

There's a few pics, then it mentions some names that don't match the pics so a bit all over the place that article but says most of them are there years. Mohammed says there's no work. Nothing, Not one job, not one single opportunity in all those years. Ask me hole.

Here's an idea, commute.

Travel 1, 2, 3 hours each way like half the country does each day, while paying someone about 2 grand a month to mind your kids on top of food, bills and a mortgage on top.

It's actually sickening.

Went through Monaghan last week from clones to carrick- numerous ads along the road for crowds looking for workers. Decent enough jobs I'd say, probably nothing to rent in the county for workers.

Over half the residents in clones are now refugees - When not if corporation tax dries up we are up s#$t creek. The number of local twenty something's heading off for work abroad is off the Richter scale here, it's either that or live with mammy n daddy!

Has he checked daft.ie? Has anyone told these asylum seekers what the going rates for rent are in this country?

I suppose thats why a fair few head back to their own countries for a holiday once they've got the irish passport. Not all of them are as they say but the emotional blackmail seems strong in this post again.

Her local school would probably close to low numbers if it was just 4. The benefits of immigration.