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

Yes, it should, and I'm not up to speed on the rules and regulations regarding Irish people and jobs and property purchasing rights in Australia or Canada or the US.....but something tells me it's a little tougher than here!

And if a nation can help real, genuine asylum seekers, enable skilled workers succeed in their own countries, and also allow skilled workers from outside that country to improve their lives while contributing to that country, how bad?

But to answer your question, no countries inhabitants should be negatively effected from outsiders. Maybe if we got our own **** together, our people wouldn't need to "take" jobs or houses in other countries. But we're not interested in that here. Let them go, we've replacements on the way!

Indeed — though I don't think it's refugees outbidding Irish couples on the 500k 3 bed in Leixlip.

not its the vulture funds for Blackrock & Vanguard the guardians and money men of the WEF & their dystopian plans

Lads what does Gript actually stand for or is it just a catchy name?

https://gript.ie/hello-mary-lou-goodbye-trust/

Good article here. You won't see this angled peddled by MSM.

It might be more appropriate to refer to all these migrant centres as barracks.

Im more than certain some posters in this forum have two accounts 😂

People (our TDs and MEPs) need to wake up and realize that the world's problems aren't ours to fix, and definitely not before fixing our country first.

There's a big difference in housing a Syrian family fleeing actual war, and throwing a country wide open in an apparent free for all to anyone who says the magic words. As I've said before, it certainly doesn't help when save the world ROG advertises us in multiple languages as open for business.

Just as culpable and more so even are the hoteliers and land owners and everyone involved in facilitating the issue. And if it's taking in the cash for them, sure long may it continue.

Simon Harris has spoken about common sense on a couple of occasions regarding the numbers coming into the country.

I'm yet to see any.

Apart from the obvious security and safety concerns, there's the capacity issue. A lift built for 10 may take 20, but that doesn't mean it should!

There's no shortage of fields to put tents up in, or disused buildings, but is that really the solution?

Unlike other EU countries, we're much smaller, and we don't have the numerous large cities that they do, which adds to the charm of our country.

Those large countries can absorb the largely unskilled people that arrive there. We have Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway etc, and plenty of towns and villages already in need of investment in housing and services.

We have people who work and can't afford rent or a mortgage, and if they can, they're most likely paying unsustainable and extortionate amounts. There's the issue of trying to obtain a GP in the first place never mind actually getting an appointment.

And by the way, I've first hand experience of the above as do so many I know!

We have people who, if they can afford to have children, need to try to secure a school place years before the child is actually due to attend, and good luck with it, and even more luck to you if you're a parent of a special needs child.

There's a party in Ireland, and the normal Irish person isn't invited. We have parents paying ridiculous amounts for an education for their children but fees are waived for those having "fled" Ukraine and God knows who else, all laughing at us.

Simon Coveney had a vision of blowing up this country in terms of cities in the future, maybe that's still the vision of his party, but given the numerous disasters this country has seen in terms of planning and actually delivering houses, motorways, hospitals etc, I'd say we're a hundred years away from that.

Common sense to me would be fixing our own issues before creating more.

Oh well that's that then. You might pop along to some of the protests and inform the crowds that the Government isn't completely incompetent, it's just that some people have unrealistic expectations and desires for Ireland.

Asylum seekers, economic or otherwise, and skilled workers coming in or out of the country are different things.

Asylum seekers aside, and forgetting about the people who may just want to leave and live abroad, but take all the non-national healthcare workers that come here and fill a void left by Irish nurses and doctors for example.

They wouldn't be required if the Irish could actually afford to live in Ireland. 10 Irish nurses don't want to share accommodation just to cover the extortionate rent, but 10 nurses from the Philippines are more than happy to. You see the problem? Well maybe you don't.

Nothing against said healthcare workers but they're not doing it for the good of their health, excuse the pun. They're being paid for it. And having personally seen such a group protesting about their visas and the fact their families are still in their countries of origin, guess what's next? More pandering and rule changes to bring their families over, and over time, further dilute Ireland.

In a tiny country, who's population is increasing from the outside in, it is estimated that 1 in 5 are non Irish born. At what percentage does that bother you, if any? 30? 50?

The rapidly changing demographic of this country in a time where MSM are telling us the tricolour is now a symbol of the far right, is worrying to say the least. We may as well tear up that proclamation while we're at it. That didn't last long.

But sure look this is all very one sided, and maybe I'm talking through my arse, what's your view?

Surely each country decides on its policies. So if Australia wants a particular set of skills for its country and many Irish people fit that requirement then who are we in Ireland to say whether that is right or wrong?

You seem to have the idea that if Australia or Canada accepts a number Irish people to contribute to their countries, we are obliged to take a similar number of international workers regardless of whether we have a need or capacity for them.