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

Oh I totally agree; the majority of them are overwhelmingly economic migrants from countries that are stable and there is no threat to their lives. The borders need to be closed!! We are under no obligation to take any of these people in and we should not be doing so.

It might sound harsh and I suppose it is, but these people should not be rescued from their boats, etc. in doing so it only allows the traffickers to adverse the Irish government will help them and offer hospitality and an income. We are sending out the wrong message.

If they can swim here, they can swim back!

It's honestly shocking, you simply couldn't make it up and no doubt Leo couldn't wait to sign the checks for another abysmal policy failure. They care more about refugees than EU citizens who are sleeping rough on the streets across the continent; or the parent who goes hungry so their child can eat; or the family who has to huddle up during winter because if they pay their bills they can't afford their rent/mortgage and will out of home otherwise.

There needs to be a rank and file overhaul of the system and the political class needs to be completely gutted. We need real people in the Dail and representing us at EU level; not a former TD's son or daughter, etc. who inherited the seat or some sheep that'll do what the puppet masters say.

Everyone here defending the influx of asylum seekers into Ireland needs to get real.

The harsh reality is we can't keep taking the numbers in and have ridiculous situations like students in Sligo and Cork having nowhere to stay cos they are being used to house asylum seekers.

Look at Europe and the countries moving more to the Right, Sweden( prob the most liberal place ever in the past), Finland, Spain, Greece, Italy and yesterday the AFD won local elections in Germany. The AFD is legit far right.

If the left had the common sense they could remain in power but they don't they just keep jumping the shark.

For those who want to call people racist, bigots, xenophobic etc it doesn't work anymore when most in society are feeling the effects. Look in UK lots of people who work in hotels have lost their jobs even today in Wales to put asylum seekers in the hotel. This is something that isn't magically going to stop it shall keep continuing so spare me the kumbaya, everyone welcome riteroic cos the reality is we can't house the world.

Cheers, queue in coming NGO posters.

I don't believe letting people drown is an option; but neither is just letting tens of thousands of people into the country annually on grounds of asylum. We must be able to protect our borders and decide who we wish to allow in and how many individuals will be granted asylum or the right to remain. Its nonsense to suggest we should just help everyone, it sends out the wrong message. I've no issue with immigration and as previously said I wholeheartedly promote it, in fact more needs to be done to allow for higher legal immigration in the country.

Anyway, I've not seen one image of migrant boats being picked up off the coast of Ireland; a majority of these guys seem to be coming through regular migration channels and claiming asylum upon landing or entry. I'd bet the house that the majority of them are coming from UK after their repeated failed asylum applications over there and now the overhanging threat of either being deported to their country of origin or to Rwanda.

They are simply economic migrants, of which a majority have little respect for their our laws and culture; there has been multiple disturbing videos and images of these men hanging around questionable areas and acting in aggressive and predatory manners. People have a right to be concerned, and its not just Irish people that are concerned, legal foreign nationals resident here also have valid concerns.

The answer is not open borders with limitless entries permitted.