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

It’s throw money at the problem and hope something gives. I think we have lost control of our borders. A change of government won’t sort this out either. I think we are donald ducked.

For a change Miriam put that point to her unelected talking heads (I'm sure they have big titles in some quango or other) who unsurprisingly dodged the question.

In answer to your question, no in fact. The 'first safe country thing' would mean a country like Greece (with a population of only 10m) having to take literally millions of refugees - the whole point of international refugee law is to try and disperse refugees. First safe country would mean the likes of USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand having to take no refugees at all, as they are thousands of miles away from most countries.

This may work out very well for the UK. They eventually tighten up their own borders, shedding loads of refugees off to the useful idiots next door (that's us btw). That will put pressure on the CTA because having so many unvetted people from every corner of the world feathering their nests here, the UK government will be dead right to be concerned from a security POV about the NI border. They'll be looking to tighten up that border with many closed crossings and the ones left open will be manned.

I hear you, sick to death of no balance anywhere with these discussions, its infuriating. I can't watch or listen anymore.

Yes, exactly that

why when no accommodation available , entice them with more benefits, increasing their daily allowance etc?

government took advantage of the war for their own agenda ( pensions, doctors, engineers bullshit/nonsense , etc etc )

Last 3 democratic presidents visited here. 

The last 3 Republican Presidents visited here too?

https://ie.usembassy.gov/u-s-presidental-visits-to-ireland/

The current US President is descended from Irish immigrants, and it should come as no surprise that New York in particular would have similar politics to Irish politics, and vice-versa - from the influence of Irish immigrants and those who returned from the US.

California probably not so much, their influences are more Latin American immigrants, and Texas? Well, you probably haven’t gotten round to watching videos from Texas yet about the issues with housing, crime, refugees sleeping rough etc that have been ongoing there for decades.

There’s plenty of reasons to move to Texas (although with my own personal biases I would say that 😁), but the idea that people are moving States because they’re trying to avoid problems in one State is just ridiculous tbh - every State in the US has it’s advantages and disadvantages depending on one’s outlook and what one wants out of life. North America is still a big bloody continent, unlike Ireland - an island nation that is but a speck in comparison.

Social Democrats Leader Holly Cairns told the Dáil yesterday "There is no such thing as an illegal asylum seeker in Ireland." Presumably, she means that once granted legal status, they have a right to be here. I was surprised she didn't roll out the classic "Jesus was an asylum seeker" given the time of year. Would she or all of those who cheerlead this nonsense vouch for an unvetted man's innocence and safety level? Would they be willing to be held liable for any dangerous crime this person may commit? If not, then why force others to pay for the crime that person may very well engage in? There are plenty of examples of this going horribly wrong. How about her house? Would she welcome them into her home with her children there? Of course, she wouldn't. People like Holly who want to burden the state with their insane virtue need should be responsible for housing migrants themselves. Maybe then when they discover that their twenty-something-year-old speaks with a British accent or has been rejected and deported from other EU countries for convictions of serious crime, Why should communities around Ireland be made to deal with such uncertainty and danger? Not one Irish person should be put at risk because of these dangerous narcissistic headcases...

She also saids "no one has a veto on who lives in their community.".... I want a veto on who I’m forced to pay tax to support. If my money and my taxes are paying for their food, their accommodation, and their welfare, I should get a veto. Communities around Ireland protested and were called far-right racist etc Then three kids and a woman got stabbed, riots break out, and we were told that we're a democratic society and that it was unacceptable. People protested peacefully and they didn't listen They're just not listening

I wonder could Aontu get a candidate in every constituency? They've been fairly quiet recently.

How is Lucky still here?

Good question.

VM1 and RTE seem to have taken a real shine to him.