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

And a lot of stories being spread like wildfore about what refugees supposedly did never actually happened. I've heard about a spiking that never happened. I've heard the criminality went through the roof when the DP centre opened. Never happened. There's a lot of this. Fake story in celbridge last week. Fight in wicklow last year that turned out to be all the locals. Fake story last year about an assault in Finglas. Fake story about an assault in Dungarvan.

No it's not a Rose tinted view. All these stories were circulated and didn't happen.

You are putting the cart before the horse, first we need a fast track system to separate the wheat from the chaff so to speak. Up to 85% of migrants coming to this country & claiming refugee status (not including Ukrainian) are NOT refugees as they claim but illegal migrants who are playing the system. They should be weeded out and booted out ASAP. Then the minority who are genuine cases could be easily housed, watered & fed.

There should be a detention centre set up to hold those who destroy their passports and all other ID - once their true identity is established a one way ticket home awaits them.

The word is out for some time now that Ireland is the no. 1 destination & a haven for illegal migrants and once in this country they have a better chance of winning the Euro Millions Lotto two weeks in a row than be deported.

That's thanks partly to our present excuse for a Taoiseach aided and abetted by a spineless Minister for Justice. Over the last few years Varadker availed of every opportunity when abroad to let the world know that Ireland is open to all and that all comers would be welcome with open arms. Meanwhile our neighbours were doing everything in their power to stop illegal migrants and had / have plans to deport them to Rwanda and elsewhere.

The government is lately realising that their policy, or lack thereof, on migrants is not as popular as they thought with the ordinary working man/woman - in other words they are set for a kicking in the coming elections. The result of the recent referendum made them sit up and take notice - but it's a bit late in the day now to start listening to and taking on board the opinions of the taxpayer who after all is paying for all this.

If Sinn Féin want to be part of the next government they better change their stance too on migrants or they'll end up back where they started.

Keep drinking the kool aid…

Not a peep from the leftists on the thread about an illegal African migrant threatening to murder an Irish born citizen.

That guy should be deported out of here to whatever tin pot country he crawled out of but we all know that won't happen.

Wonder what Nick Henderson, Bacik, Cairns, O Riordain and the other do gooders think of this.

That the best you do? how about trying to prove me wrong…go on…or at least try.

So I take it you can’t then…fair enough.

So you're fine with an open border then?

What a weird position for someone supposedly anti-immigration.

NGO plant maybe.

Build that wall! Build that wall! Build that wall!

We've got to have radical change in this country. Mount street is such a disaster its almost comical.

I've never seen such bad governance. The country is being turned into a cesspit. The entire lot, both government and opposition, need to be turfed out.

The country has lost its sovereignty to an abuse of asylum rules cooked up in the 1950's after the holocaust to help people fleeing tanks and bombs. That needs to be shredded and new laws put in place to protect the Irish people. Its actually getting dangerous and ridiculous at this stage.

No build freebies for all indefinitely. Sounds like your moto.

No, I think I clearly said that the amount of Ukraine refugees that arrived has undoubtedly caused issues. Issues like the IPAs currently living in tents, but I still think taking in Ukraine refugees was the right thing to do - albeit paying them benefits so much above what the other EU countries were offering was a mistake.

The figures about immigrants and employment are facts, if you want to dispute them by all means do so.

Yes, that might be true, but people tend to believe what they see with their own eyes.

It is indisputable that the sudden influx of Ukrainian refugees led to overstretched accommodation-, medical- and educational needs.

But our government wasn’t prepared for that and yet, they invited all and sundry before they actually attempted to remedy the disaster that was already obvious in a lot of sectors in any way - instead they just asked the public for accommodation and when that was limited, they rented hotels in order to get Ukrainians into the country, no matter what.

The knock-on effect for ISP applicants is obvious and it shows the government for what it really is: unprepared and constantly on the back foot!

And therefore some small towns/ communities that never experienced it before, now notice an unusual influx of “foreigners” that hang around small towns, with nothing to do, mainly occupying tourist accommodation permanently and having medical needs and educational needs (in cases of families).

Moreover, the normal Joe Soap would know that he is partly paying all the money that this unprepared and out-of-depth government seems to be keen on spending on this ongoing madness!

I mean, how many communities around the world would really accept similar circumstances so easily?

However, the current mess is solely the fault of the Irish government and I solely blame them for the current situation in Ireland.