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

Surely that was always the case?

Once someone is granted asylum, they get refugee status. They then qualify for social welfare like anyone else.

You couldnt keep refugees in the same temp accommodation long term and after their applications are processed, as there would be nowhere to house the new applicants.

So of course, the succesful applicants would generally need to be moved into social housing.

I could be wrong on the above but the point is, i dont see how your point is anything new.

Perhaps the point is, we've a major housing crisis, and yes the AS this country gave asylum to previously were provided with housing. Everyone needs somewhere to live.

The major problem is, not one person in power is saying the blatantly obvious thing "we can't house what's here, let's stop making it worse".

TASA.....Turn Asylum Seekers Away

Surely that's like taking a high end golf club to court for not allowing me play on the basis of discrimination.....I can't afford it by the way

I think the question is, how are they getting the house so quick, I thought there was 10 year waiting lists for Irish people, or I'm led to believe housing waiting lists are really long. Like yeah, people granted leave to remain, no problem with them going on the housing list, but obviously they should have the same wait time as us. Why would they want to skip the queue, that's not fair. And that's what leads to massive resentment. Can anyone explain this please?

The point is that while it used to be 2000 a year now it become 20,000 a year. If you do not see the point then I dont know.

(numbers used are for illustration purpposes only)

And the burden falls to the Irish taxpayer, already paying for the spongers born here and still paying for the sins of the past.

I'd love to know what the objective of government is, forgetting about the filth that line their pockets from it and the corrupt politicians eyeing up their next gig.

What is the long-term view of any decent elected politician in this country about the number of people claiming asylum, and the numbers that will continue to do so?

What is the governments solution to making it all work? To provide affordable housing to all (apparently 400k+ is affordable if DCC is to be believed), to reduce the number of Irish homeless, to improve our HSE which is at breaking point, and to protect our national identity and culture.

Pretty basic questions I feel.

Our government could do with ringing up Monaco with their zero refugee intake, and asking for a bit of assistance in sharing this load that they've so admirably taken on, on our behalf. Any penthouse apartments or yachts going begging over there?

Irreversibly damaging to our country too. If Ireland were to completely stop AS entering right now, in a bid to get a handle on things, which of course won't happen, the damage is done.

Feet are firmly under the table, whether they're in a tent, a prefab or house and whether they've been told they can stay or not.

Ireland is gone. The priorities of those in power is to save face by beating protesters and ignoring citizens for long enough for this to be some other governments' problem. And when that happens, the new power will say "we didn't create this, that was x and y" and the stone throwing in the Dail will continue.

This country is fucked.

Yes,they join the housing list.

Thats what I am saying.

What the criteria is for prioritising social housing, I dont know.

Being an asylum seeker

They don't have a plan. Its simply to keep taking taxpayers money and hope the corp tax and the high PAYE workers continue to live here.

God forbid the wasters holding their hands out for free houses and doing absolutely nothing to progress in their life or actually contribute anything to society etc for the blatant racism shown by them. At long as they get their free council house and can pass it down to their children they don't give a toss about anyone.

Yes we need social housing..let me be clear on that..but this whole family legacy of passing down houses needs to be gotten rid off.

Of course they forget that if we did all of a sudden stop taking in Asylum seekers somehow that's going to magically fix all the issues we have here. Taxpayers will quickly find a new target ie welfare class who are been given all the houses by councils who are outbidding their children and thus are still in the exact same boat.

The issue isn't that we are taking in too many but that our governments are absolutely squandering tax payers money in quangos, consultancy fees, developer contracts and lets not forget RTE who are being given €750,000,000 (750 million) over the next 3 years. But **** it..lets blame the asylum seekers for all our woes and let the politicians and civil service completely off the hook. We are taking in 60 billion a year in taxes and what are we showing for it? We still don't have the new children's hospital, or the Limerick -Cork motorway..but hey here's a few greeenways we plan to build. And oh by the way we're charging you extra now for mineral bottles as ye're not recycling them properly.

While we're on the subject of racism, telling someone struggling in this country that X from Nigeria, Somalia, Georgia etc that they're getting something over you, or something despite your circumstances in this country because they were born somewhere else, and you were born here, doesn't do a whole lot to combat it!

Nobody is blaming asylum seekers for all our woes , just pointing out we have limited housing, health ,education etc resources. We can’t magic up houses or do you think we should spend this 60 billion on housing the worlds poor at the expense of our own poor or elderly?