Immigration to Ireland - policies, challenges, and solutions *Read OP before posting*

Here's a chart setting out the broad parameters of party immigration policies prior to the 2020 election

It's difficult to relate it directly to the current situation as nobody saw the Ukraine influx coming

But I think it's fair to say none of the main parties were proposing what could reasonably be described as a 'restrictive' immigration policy

There no chance this could be an FG wheeze to take some heat out of the issue, give the impression that they are 'listening to voters' concerns', without making any substantial policy changes, is there?

The government and other parties may choose to discuss it to some degree and even suggest policy tweaks but there is no chance they will stop the large scale influx or even do proper planning. Change in policy can only happen through instruction from Europe.

Simple they want to silence everyone who wants to see migration controlled,

Anyone who wants to discuss migration must be a far right neo Nazi hence the links

I dare say I and others here have voted in a damn sight more referendums than you have. So yes, we understand them. Where there's a will there's a way.

20% of the prison population suggests otherwise

Oh my God...had a warning about a post there, didn't say anything nasty in it, only said that a lot of people want an open and honest discussion about mass immigration and a very clear policy around it.

Had a post deleted yesterday, no warning or explanation given. Again nothing nasty in it. I'm a mother and a teacher, my priority and thoughts are always with the little children who got stabbed, first and foremost.

This is all getting a bit North Korea's level of surveillance for my liking. Boards.ie led by whom!!! Don't think the right way, delete!

I'm not so sure about Aontu, Toibin is still a shinner at heart and would probably still be with them if it wasn't for the difference in views about abortion.

Same applies, no constituency candidate that can bring the result you want, then at the door when the local candidate comes knocking (or any other place you can make your opinion and views known will do) You make it clear that they are not getting your vote. And you know something, I think that by the time the next GE comes around, no political party will be able to claim ignorance of the immigration issue. In fact, between then and now, I expect the immigration issue will become a hot topic, and a very hot topic at that. Even now, the Political parties are very much aware of what's happening on the ground, especially rural TDs in their clinics.

I'm hoping the Farmers Alliance will be up and running in time for the election, their views would be broadly in line with my own.

Why would you think you have voted in more than me?

So, if you understand them, you know when a referendum can be called then. Calls for referendum on immigration are just ridiculous and pointless.

Oh I've no doubt thats exactly what they will do but I'm still going to say my piece and push them for answers on the immigration topic.

For too long people have just accepted the status quo and have been afraid to open their mouth about the direction this country is going, sure I'm only one voter but if we don't start to speak up then nothing changes.

McEntee’s blanket amnesty for illegals migrants should be made a perpetual policy, according to a group of cross-party TDs and senators on the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Integration. The committee compiled a list of 96 recommendations they believe should be implemented by the Government to support asylum seekers.

It was only last year when McEntee issued the precious amnesty for those who broke Irish immigration laws and who had been living here for over four years (or three years with a child born here). The so-called “regularisation scheme for undocumented migrants” was also open to asylum seekers who had been in the country for over two years. McEntee described it as a “once-in-a-generation scheme” and accepted applicants for over six months. Almost 5,000 illegals and more than 3,000 asylum seekers were granted permission to remain in Ireland under the scheme. The top three countries of origin for asylum seekers in Ireland are Georgia, Nigeria, and Algeria. Between 95% and 100% of their asylum applications are typically rejected annually, but deportation rates for failed applicants are next to nothing.

Catherine Ardagh, Finne Fail, described giving deportation orders to failed asylum seekers as "institutional psychological bullying" with them hanging over their heads. There have been several changes to the Immigration Acts to improve the State’s capacity to enforce deportation orders in certain circumstances where the subject of the order seeks to evade or frustrate their deportation. These amendments were to improve the effectiveness of existing legislative provisions allowing for the arrest, detention, and removal of non-nationals who have a deportation order in force and removal from the State of persons refused "leave to land." The means to manually deport a person is there, but the state is failing to carry them out. A deportation order should never be hanging over a person's head they should just be reported within in 48 hours of it being issued.

To shed further light on the failure of the state to enact and carry out deportations of criminals, failed asylum seekers and those who outstay their visas, and any others found to have absolutely no legal right to remain or be here...

In 12 months between July 1st 2022 and June 31st 2023, 867 deportation orders issued, just 42 were enforced by the Gardaí. A further 55 people had left voluntarily. In 2023, from January 31st - September 31st - 761 deportation orders were issued, just 30(4%) were enforced.

EU central statistics show that in the 1st quarter of 2023, 27,880 deportations of non-EU citizens from member states. The Irish state issued 340 deportation orders. Just 70 were deported. The 3rd lowest of all member states other than Slovenia and Luxembourg. Take Denmark for example, it has a similar population but stricter policy) they deported 375 people.

4,631 deportation orders were signed by McEntee between 2018-2022, and just 314 (6.78%) – were enforced by the state on people who refused to leave and 3,887 asylum seekers who were issued with deportation orders have an ‘unknown status’.

Mass deportation is economically sound, logistically feasible, and could be accomplished in a matter of years if the state made an effort.There is no data regarding the efficiency of the “self-deportation” system as we don't have exit checks. We don't know who left. Its a joke. I thihnk its somethig to do with their 2040 plan, to up the numbers and a diversify. No more of this "we decide if they go, they decide they stay."