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

A quote from the Newstalk article made me laugh

"The fact is, when an asylum seeker is given a deportation order, they are asked to self-deport. The Department of Justice does not even collect figures on this, they have no idea how many people self-deport."

I can see the Department ringing these asylum seekers every day asking have you left yet, have you left yet, have you left yet.

This is just beyond a **** joke, this country will never recover from this mismanagement from Varadkar

Varadkar saying people who don't self deport are "forcibly" deported is an outrageous and total lie. They dont track whether people self deport so how can it be true. About 700 deportation orders were issued and only 80 actually forcibly removed.

And nothing from him about the low rejection rate of only 700 out of 15,000 IP applicants. We should be rejecting 14,700 out of 15,000.

Those on the left are going to have to ready themselves for some major movement on this issue in the next month or so.

Sinn Fein have a new approach to the problem. Mary Lou is moving the discussion on to the pressure on Housing and Health being caused by the large numbers of all kinds of immigrants in the country.

Love it or loathe it in a month or so that's what we're all going to be talking about.

If a terrorist wants to come into ireland all they have to do is claim asylum. Doesnt matter if they rejected as they won't be forcibly deported. Then just disappear into the black economy. Simple as that.

In that sense Varadkar we absolutely do have open borders, with the open door being the asylum system.

And when asked even on here people will reply we know that they all left ,but how do you know that they all actually left? Because they aren't here so they left ,

The Guards aren't looking or chasing after any failed asylum seekers or those issued with Deportation orders in the post,

And Thanks to McEntee's amnesty they purposely put those with Deportation orders outstanding and being entitled to the amnesty along with those with criminal convictions and students who broke their student visa requirements

Lots of talk of the MSM supposedly being in the pocket of the current government, but this Newstalk journalist (one of their main ones) is hugely critical of Varadkar's letter to the Sunday Independent today:

I wouldn't vote for them either but they are going to be setting the terms of the discussion in the next few months.

When you consider East Wall started with nothing more than slogans sprayed on bedsheets and a bad attitude - it's come a long way.

What? Are you saying Mary Lou is now saying immigration is a bad thing?

This is great journalism. The article should be shared widely.

Unfortunately after 15 years of deep cuts we have a very weak media in Ireland and our society is paying a price for it.

The article is the best thing I’ve read in ages. He just annihilates Varadkar’s misinformation.

It reflects poorly on the Sindo that what he was saying was accepted at face value, even though it wasn’t true.

Our Government have failed on housing, health and immigration, yet when I hear them talking they frequently congratulate themselves on the improvements they’ve made in these areas. They don’t see any crisis at all.

Thanks for avoiding answering the questions and copying and pasting something that also doesn't answer the question.

Can imagine an Irish lad showing up without a passport in Australia would just be let off free to roam the country like those found in the shipping container here last week. That would work out well for him in sure.

And you of course know and aware of the details of every single asylum claim, so can obviously say 14,500 should be deported.

I think people working in the IPO know more than any old randomer on the internet.

Which case is that? If it's not clear, my case would be to not have them here, for this reason among others.

Leo has been telling pokies for as long as I can remember. Also a deft hand at leaking sensitive documents. If him and Lucifer both told me a version of a story I'd believe Lucifer first.

It says a lot that Varadkar's political career not only survived that leak, but he became Taoiseach again. There were no consequences.

Yesterday he tries to spread misinformation in the country's most read paper, he gets pulled up, but he won't face any real political pressure. With the standard of leader we have, it's no surprise there has been disastrous handling of complex issues like healthcare and immigration.

Pat Kenny and Haely Rae tearing Leo’s waffle piece apart.