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

Have ya got green or pink hair🤣

Real high-brow debating going on here as usual

It's hilarious, these self proclaimed 'Irish patriots' have shown their arse to the world. They're the worst kind of boot-licking West Brits.

He had a good pop off taxing the banks, when is he going to mention Apple tax?

Never thought I'd see the day our migrant crisis would have unionists and loyalists marching together in Belfast and London. Strange times.

It's not an anecdote that coolock and edenmore, where I lived, where very nationalist pro-IRA areas and would often have banners out for hunger strikers on the malahide road, anyone from around there could attest to that

And how many do you propose we admit under your proposals

You think we should "waive immigration requirements at foreign ports"? Right, let's see. A passport is an immigration requirement. So, youre implying that anyone who shows up to a foreign port without a passport should be allowed on the plane because they say they are claiming asylum at their destination? And you see no issue with this?

By the way, a passport is an immigration requirement AS WELL AS a security requirement. You say we are not waiving security requirements. So then, are we waiving the passport requirement or not?

Regarding your point, "they can apply for asylum if they meet the criteria". Isn't everyone in the world able to apply for asylum? Isn't that the basis of your own argument? So are we no longer accepting asylum applications from certain people then under your plan? Who are these people?

You state, "if they don't qualify, they don't enter" Europe? So where are they waiting while they apply if they are already in Europe at this point?

And you think "restrictions to entering the workforce" will deter people from abusing your proposed system whereby anyone can travel to Europe and bypass immigration rules simply by stating they wish to claim asylum at their destination. Remember, you're talking about people who are willing to lie about an asylum claim. Do you think they have a problem working illegally? This is not much of a deterrent.

In summary, once again your points make absolutely no sense and demonstrate a basic lack of understanding about immigration controls or ability to identify contradictions in your own arguments.

The “Coolock say no” banner plus the tricolour were mingling with the Union Jack up in Belfast today. Never thought any ideology on this island could bring them together. The power of fascism eh……

Muslims are your 'enemy' now???

Things change quickly.

Tbh nobody really bought the 'we're not racists, this is about services' routine anyway.

lots of toing and froing on here but this is the main issue,recently a poll suggested that 70% of the electorate feel the Government are mishandling/are not doing enough to properly manage the the current unprecedented levels of immigration.

Now at the the next election if you feel this is the main issue for you and you want to use you vote to emphasis democratically your desire for a change in direction on this issue who can you vote for to give effect to this desire.

There is no democratic way for the electorate to vote to change the cosy woke consensus of the main political parties.

So unless the political Parties start reflecting the wishes of their supporters and stop lecturing us about the way they think we should be viewing this issue there is the risk that the electorate will feel unrepresented with all the inherent risks attached to that scenario.

In Denmark the centre ground parties listened to the electorate ,changed their policies and disarmed the extremist groups.