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

Areas earmarked for IPAs will be areas with a facility to accommodate them. That is the main driver. Someone has a premises they are willing to rent to the govt. Doesnt matter where it is.

Did we ever hear more from the govt on the large camps they intended to build?

If the larger camps can hold the numbers being processed, we would start to see a reduction in small hotels and the like being used to accommodate IPAs. But those large camps still seem a long way from being ready.

Harrowing piece from the BBC detailing female genetiel mutilation which is very common in Somalia. I believe a lot of Somalians are now coming to Ireland so this is worth a read and think about.

Should Somalians not be attending classes in Ireland what is acceptable here? Scandinavian countries already do. Is there any data on if the procedures continue on young Somalians living in Ireland, UK or the EU?

This report really highlights how cultural differences are polar opposites for many moving here.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cyx0perl8yno

There will always be enough immigrants to support ireland's economy as we are a tiny country.

The tricky part is being able to maintain the jobs that pay for everything. We have done an amazing job in that regard to date, but for how much longer can we keep so many high paid jobs in the country?

That's the real question.

Agreed that education is key. But you still need skilled migrants to keep the jobs here, just as Australia, the US and every other country does.

My point was more about being able to keep the jobs themselves here long term.

Whoever is doing those jobs is paying a lot of tax and we get the corporate windfalls to boot, but with the 15% minimum corporation tax and other factors, there is a risk to those jobs staying here long term.

If we start to see the exiting of MNCs, the economy is gone.

I read the article and its a very damning picture of our future island. But i also add to his argument that migrants wont solve the issue. The men ( mostly young men )being crammed into unsuitable " warehousing" is not good either. These are a vast cauldron of mixed peoples most of whom have never worked in an organised society in their lives, paid taxes and partook in a community. The men coming here are out casts & surplus in the 3 rd world families where the lack of contraception has the poor female breeding annually and the surplus are best exported as hanging around is just useless eating of the small resources in their towns & villages. The jobs they will get will be government sponsored so if they fail no repercussion, in the real workforce failure = sacking. They will nevr understand an organised society tax paying community etc.

The exodus from the garda is very apparent my neighbour has 2 relatives in the garda and they have handed in their notice, so will these peoples be recruited to police over us and that is also a bad thing as the violence they are used to we have never seen so that will be another powder keg. I do think not questioning EU & the forcing migrants on us is very dangerous & the blind re electing Van Der leyen is shooting our selves in the head. She is a bought woman and she doesnt care how she destroys societies she has her orders and the financial compensation is too great for her to disobey. the great fault of the EU was the slush fund which bought every naive politician off and coloured their ideals to the detriment of us the irish people.

The EU is trying very hard for the united states of europe where we all dissolve our sovereignty & our individual identities. The united states of america is not a happy place and why would we make europe like it. No body on the world stage is challenging WEF or WHO or UN everyone is towing the line and it doesnt make sense. Do we have to wait till its too late & the plan is in place and we have no choice.

I honestly believe that the future of the European Union is at stake. Continued mass immigration from some of the poorest countries in the world will lead to calls to shut up borders and the election of the likes of Le Pen in France & AfD in Germany over the next few years. In fact if the AfD take power in Germany you can kiss goodnight to the EU.

There is a threat to the EU, certainly.

But then look at the UK. Not part of the EU and experiencing the same problems. Leaving the EU wouldnt stop global asylum migration.

The real solution is in helping the world's poorer countries avoid mass migration in the first place.

Very very difficult to achieve, as we all know.

Yep, I think the EU will break up over immigration. Maybe in 10+ years after the numbers get astronomical.

Sorry this was a reply to @Peter Flynt

David Quinn the absolute freak from Iona? No thanks. He'd have the whole country back under Roman control. I detest all organised religion and we've known about the ageing population for decades.

I think the real solution is border security and patrol boats returning them back to France

I hope it wasn't Kitty Holland, that would be terrible.

I always think it's a very poor stance to attack a person rather than the content of what they are saying

No the real solution is doing what Poland does and saying no. We're signed up to some archaic post WW2 humanitarian laws that tie your hands behind your back. That's the real issue. Countries like Poland, Hungary etc they're taking flack for their anti immigration stances but they still do it.

In Polands case they clearly had no issue with culturally similar people from Ukraine. The key factor here is being culturally similar. It creates stability.

I do agree with this to a certain extent.

We took over our own country in 1922 and then handed control of it to the RCC. After they lost power we handed it to the EU. It almost seems at times that the troika never left.

It shows the disconnect between the government, media classes and with the citizens who are protesting. The media and government contuinually use inflammatory language and print lies about the people in these communities.

Not condoning violence or criminal damage, but is it any wonder there is a push back against journalists from certain publications when they are merely government propaganda.