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

There is zero proof that Denmark's approach has done anything other than push people towards other EU countries.

Taking that approach at an EU level would only be investing further in deterrent policies which we already spend heavily on and which are failing.

Well if you're even half right, that sort of demographic change is shocking and serves to prove that Irish society and culture is being continually diluted. Many of us say enough and too many.

As to the issue of housing lists, how exactly do you think it's going to go down when young Sally Ward with her two kids, living at home in a crowded house, waiting patiently to get her own place - is told to go wait since some chancers from Morocco, Algeria, Georgia wherever are being turfed out of their IPAS gaff and need to be prioritised over Sally??????

Do you know much about social housing lists here?

Do you think all asylum seekers are fleeing war and persecution? What percentage are genuine asylum seekers?

How many asylum seekers came to Ireland fleeing extreme poverty and when did we start granting asylum to people fleeing extreme poverty?

How many people do you think we can grant asylum to annually let's say for the next 5 years?

I'm still under 50 and from a generation that's seen a huge shift in the ethnicity of Irish people. I've many friends who were born outside Ireland. I'm guessing you're over 50 and maybe missed some of the craic you might of had in your twenties with those from abroad.

I recognise we have issues with immigration but could not bring myself to vote for Niall Boylan due to his vulgarity and generally obnoxious behaviour. A refugee that has been granted citizenship is an Irish citizen.

Ireland has changed and I don't see a revolt happening over the ethnicity of a social housing recipient. The thing that seems to set people off is when a load of people are dropped off in an area without consultation.

Ireland has changed considerably over my lifetime and it's time to halt/ drastically slow down that rate of change. What makes any country is it's own unique culture & people. Instead of guarding our identity, government and business forces here seem hell bent on accelerating change. We'll end up in some mish mash of cultures, ethnicity and religions and will be no different from other small states that have allowed themselves to be morphed. We may be an open economy, that doesn't mean we need to be an open society. Watch other European states who at least attempt to guard their own national identities and cultures.

Our kids do Irish dancing. The teachers try to promote Irish dancing and everyone is welcome.

I've felt sorry to see some of the old church based interconnectedness phasing out. However, your notion of guarding culture seems mad. I suspect you are not involved in cultural activities.

Maybe go out and volunteer and do something positive for Irish culture instead of moaning on this forum all the time.

I'll pick just one common situation. I could walk into any bar, shop, waiting room whatever, see other Irish people and knock up a chat with them. About things we all have in common and know about since birth.

Sure you can try and chat with some 'non nationals' and it may or may not work. It's not normal for some of them. And when you do exchange a few words, it's like mixing oil & water. Unless they've grown up here, they often just haven't a clue - they look blankly if you mention something that Irish people will know something about or have an opinion on.

Before ye tell me that it might be to my advantage to learn more about them and what interests them, if I want to do that I'll go visit their countries and hopefully experience their culture in the real.

Thankfully very few people want what you want. You just need to accept most Irish people don't think like you do.

Joins duscussion 1000 pages in and talk about their friend in work who speaks fluent english and contributes to country and enters legally

These people should read through the debate on this thread properly before comment.

Stop justifying illegal mass migration to small country with a small population

And what's wrong with that? How come other counties like Japan, China, Nigeria can have homogeneous populations but only white counties HAVE to be multicultural?

I stopped reading after "Our kids do Irish Dancing". Ridiculous.

Is there anything that can work is the question.

No, the only one who's in a bubble is you. I've heard people whinging about how Irish people are so against what's happening in their local communities all across Ireland yet when it came to the recent elections nearly every party and person pushing that agenda rejected by Irish voters.

The only one who sees a person's skin colour as being a problem is you.

If that happened the likes of Augme would stop the bus just so they can continue to turn this place into a multicultural wasteland..

Better than stopping the bus to hang them from the nearest tree.