Our immigration policy

Their has been a huge rise in the number of them with a projected 20,000 for this year.

While other countries get tougher and we still offer the highest incentive I would expected that to grow year on year.

In 10 years time we will be looking at 200,000 illegals on current trajectory.

We have 500,000 adults living at home, record numbers homeless figures and tent cities.

We will not build enough to support 20,000 people a year without taking into account homes for irish kids who will transition to adults.

Unless the plan is to fill streets and fields with people then something is going to need to change in the policy.

The number may seem small now , but 20,000 a year is not a small number in a housing crisis and into such a small country.

Then you take into account we are not increasing services to match population increase.

If we keep doing nothing and hoping for the best I see us in a decade making sweeden now look like a paradise.

Yeah like sitting around worrying and starting threads about your worries is in anyway useful to anyone.

People these days don't realise how good they have it tbh.

I refer to illegals as people who dump passports, come in through the north or in the back of vans and arrive looking for free money and accomadation.

They are breaking the law and are arriving here illegally.

What do they look for when they come here exactly?

Really, perhaps you should wake up out of your comfortable position and have a look about. The demographics, ethnic make up and culture of this country have changed considerably in the last 20 years and the rate of change is accelerating. It's obvious when you walk the streets of any Irish city or town and increasingly small villages too.

If this doesn't bother you, fine and keep the head down.

If it does concern you, then do something about it. At the very least write/ email/ phone your local TDs and express your concerns.

Are regards our population makeup we are rapidly heading down the MacDonalds/ Starbucks motorway - the same wherever you go. Apart from those states on guard against this.

Podge says:

You are not actually talking about immigration policy in any of this. Those coming as asylum seekers are a relatively small proportion of immigrants to Ireland.

And Backstreet Moyes replies:

Their has been a huge rise in the number of them with a projected 20,000 for this year.

There's 1.15 million foreign-born residents in the State; 20,000 is insignficant by comparison, even if sustained for several years. Seriously, if your concern is about immigration and the issues associated with it, but you focus all your time, efforts and energy on asylum seekers, nothing you do is likely to make any material impact on whatever concerns you have about immigration. You're looking in the wrong direction.

I know the change in demographic in my area is there for all too see and has accelerated exponentially in the last two years.

Like the op I also worry about the future of my kids, from housing to health we are not scaling up to meet demand, part of me thinks why should we ?

we can divert the money for kids with scoliosis but seem to have endless resources for newcomers.

I would dearly love for someone to explain what the strategy and plan is for 2, 5 10 years time ?

Instead all you get is the usual platitudes.

Why does ireland have to bend over backwards just because someone fancies living here?

People travelling through multiple safe countries and coming from safe countries because we are a soft touch.

The current situation is not sustainable any numptie can see that, well except the ones that seem to be making all the decisions.

Unfortunately the

tap has been turned on and will be impossible to turn off.

It isn't going to end well unfortunately.

Now instead of slating me please explain the plan, I'm listening...…

If it can be explained to me maybe I'll come onboard and go handing out tents for the weekend.

Because all are welcome........

According to the CSO we had just under 55k births in Ireland last year.

When compared with this, 20k is a large number i.e. 36%. More than one third.

Ugh. Good luck with it all anyway.

Currently there is no delineation between the two thanks to Irelands inability to deal with illegal immigrants posing as asylum seekers.

You challenge others to "brush up on your understanding of immigration" when you're patently ignoring demonstrable facts surrounding the issue yourself.

It's obvious when you walk the streets of any Irish city or town and increasingly small villages too.

What is so obvious exactly?

Should asylum seekers present identification upon arrival in a country they are claiming asylum in?