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

You see there's a difference of outlook here, when I see tens of thousands of kids being killed with Israeli, yank and brit bombs that just doesn't sit well with me. In fact I want that to stop, immediately. Do you feel the same? If not what part of your brain have you abused so much that that's OK with you?

Feeling this way does not mean I want Ireland to open it's borders to thousands of Palestinians. I think they should be able to live in that place called Palestine, they want that too. I'd wholeheartedly agree the neighboring Arab states need to take more ownership.

I'm in the wrong thread saying all this and I don't do social media because dealing with halfwits who've squeezed all the empathy outa their frontal cortex probably because they've being pulling the guts out of themselves in their bedroom of their parents gaf for years in between posting shyte like this is ehhhh bothersome.

And with that, I'm gone.

From their readers. Do you consider their readers to be 'less than dust beneath your chariot wheels?' ;)

Would you say that considerably fewer than 14% of voters are concerned about the cost of living? Does it seem an unrealistic figure to you? How do you feel about the cost of living yourself? The cost of rents?? What about housing? Is it an issue do you think? Myself, I would say it very much is, both in the rental and buying markets but hey, maybe I'm wildly eccentric :)

I really like this part where is the applicant does not have passport or ID then they still get processed but they can just make up fake alias like we have seen already happen. But thats ok cause we the Irish went to other countries when times were tough

"Article 31 of the Refugee Convention14 states a person seeking refugee status must still have their application processed even if he or she has entered a state illegally. The International Protection Act states that a person who is at the frontier of the State (whether lawfully or unlawfully) may make an application for international protection."

Nothing new there. Being in a country legally or illegally is not a bar to claiming asylum. Surely everyone knows that by now.

Woah there horsey. I simply asked where the data came from because I wouldn't trust anything GalwayBeo publishes. So many questions to answer there. Yes I'd say a much higher % of voters are concerned with the cost of living. What's your point? I am in Galway and people often give out about that clickbait site. If you see it as a bastion of news media fair enough. Now, I am off to race my chariot and 4 white horses.

Yeah but I didn't think hybrid could extend to 90%.

Ironic article here and FG's priorities.

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Meanwhile, speaking in Dáil Éireann, Wexford Fine Gael TD Paul Kehoe has said that a number of providers who are accommodating Ukrainian refugees have yet to be paid by the government, with monies owed reaching up to €1m in some cases.

Appealing to the Taoiseach, Deputy Kehoe (FG) said: “I know of two providers, one being a hotel and the other a centre, that are owed over €400,000. This is not an isolated incident. The hotelier I spoke to this morning said he is considering his own position in hosting Ukrainians because of the lack of payment coming from the Department.”

"I would plead with the Minister to speak to the Secretary General at his Department on this issue so that it can be sorted as soon as possible. The Government should not be letting these people down. They rose to the challenge, and they are providing a fantastic service.”

https://www.independent.ie/regionals/wexford/news/revealed-what-wexford-hotels-bandbs-and-nursing-homes-are-being-paid-to-accommodate-ukrainian-refugees/42208703.html

Never said it was, I said about a fake alias. Plus not everyone knows about it, we are still learning but you know it all so thats ok ✊

You're not really making much of a case to allay people's worries here. Did you notice that 'lack of integration' including poor language skills and unemployment were cited as factors. Do you think Ireland will be able to deal any better than Sweden with that aspect of mass immigration. Do you think our immigrants will be better integrated, more fully employed, less likely to turn to crime and gang violence (read about Somalis in Sweden) do you think we should be spending a lot of public money on continued supports and social/cultural education programs in that area?

About a week ago you mentioned Iceland and how it now has a large number of immigrants. So I did a bit of reading. Iceland's immigrant community has similar problems to Sweden's: more likely to suffer poverty, unemployment, poor educational outcomes, poor language skills.

We already have a number of children struggling in our education system and we don't have the resources to help them. And the reality is that the few resources we have will be spread ever thinner. Not only that many of the children of random economic migrants will end up in DEIS schools, in areas of socio-economic disadvantage where teachers are already under great pressure.

I see what you're saying it's just odd to criticize the poll results when you've no doubt that immigration could be even higher than 44%.

It's a poll as voted by the public, not a report by GB. Bash the source all you like but it's no more right or wrong than, for example, the D4 referendum poll we saw.

Having it in for GalwayBeo's reporting standards is simply for another topic another day.

Right wing governments like Italy and the UK have been struggling with the asylum issue just as much as anyone else. PM Meloni said recently she underestimated just how much a challenge it would be before taking office and that she has no 'quick fix' solutions.

The mess in the first place was created by left wing policies and governments

How do you explain the UK situation then? Right wing government in place for the last 14 years, probably 'hard right' for the last five and left the EU in the meantime : why should they be having any issues with asylum seekers?

I don't think you get my utter disdain for GalwayBeo. I wouldn't put any credence in anything they publish - article, poll whatever. They are ridiculed in Galway constantly.

To make this point on electorate concerns, we have to reference Amarach or Ireland Thinks i.e. a credible polling company. Otherwise it's just noise.

I was just trying to help someone who could not open the link. I have not read the paper as I don't have time at present but will have a look at it when I get a chance.