Red Cross radio advert

Annd9

Over the last couple of weeks I've heard the Red Cross appealing for people to house Syrian refugee 's in their house or maybe a second property that they own . In a time of a massive housing crisis is this a misjudged campaign?

This in my opinion will get many people slightly (or massively ) agitated that the same campaign has not been rolled out for Homeless Irish people and will obviously cause more resentment towards Syrians by no fault of their own .

The practice of taking in refugees is crucial in some cases , but only if you can treat those people decently which we obviously can't at this moment in time .

tigger123

Always amazes me how our Homeless are consistently wheeled out and used as an excuse not to do anything.

Mr. Incognito

Here's starving babies- Send us money

Here's blind babies- Send us money

Here's homeless babies- Send us Money

Send us Money

Send us Money

Send us Money.





No.

Annd9

tigger123 wrote: »

Always amazes me how our Homeless are consistently wheeled out and used as an excuse not to do anything.

How have you come to that conclusion?

Irish Guitarist

Letting a complete stranger of any nationality stay in your house is always a great idea. Nothing can go wrong.

Victor

Annd9 wrote: »

In a time of a massive housing crisis is this a misjudged campaign?

1. The housing situation only affects certain areas.
2. Refugees are homeless.
3. If the radio campaign expands the amount of housing in use, it is solving the problem, not exacerbating it.

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

Send us Money.

Is anyone actually asking for money?

Irish Guitarist wrote: »

Letting a complete stranger of any nationality stay in your house is always a great idea. Nothing can go wrong.

I detect sarcasm. Lots of people have au pairs of Irish / foreign students stay with them from time to time.

Hector Bellend

tigger123 wrote: »

Always amazes me how our Homeless are consistently wheeled out and used as an excuse not to do anything.

We should house our homeless.

WE SHOULD THEN WORRY ABOUT EVERYONE ELSE

humberklog

Lynn Barber the Australian author living in England tells a good personal story about taking in a refugee and essentially being hoodwinked.

The Red Cross ad states Syrian refugee pretty clearly.

When Marcus White, the owner of a 3star hotel opened his operation up for direct provision he said he was driven by the sympathy he had with the Syrian refugees he saw on TV. Whenever I've heard a report on Lisdoonvarna's D.P. I've only heard residents from Senegal and South Africa. I don't know what the breakdown of nationalities is in that hotel though but I haven't personally heard a Syrian on any of the reports.

I wouldn't be lining up to do it myself but I wonder how true the Red Cross ad is in clearly stating Syrian Refugees?

Bob Harris

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

Here's starving babies- Send us money

Here's blind babies- Send us money

Here's homeless babies- Send us Money

Send us Money

Send us Money

Send us Money.





No.

Could I interest you in a blind snow leopard?

zell12

humberklog wrote: »

Lynn Barber the Australian author living in England tells a good personal story about taking in a refugee and essentially being hoodwinked.
The Red Cross ad states Syrian refugee pretty clearly.
When Marcus White, the owner of a 3star hotel opened his operation up for direct provision he said he was driven by the sympathy he had with the Syrian refugees he saw on TV. Whenever I've heard a report on Lisdoonvarna's D.P. I've only heard residents from Senegal and South Africa. I don't know what the breakdown of nationalities is in that hotel though but I haven't personally heard a Syrian on any of the reports.
I wouldn't be lining up to do it myself but I wonder how true the Red Cross ad is in clearly stating Syrian Refugees?

Syrians are already bona fida refugees coming from camps in Italy, Greece, Lebanon. The RedCross are helping find them accommodation until we find them housing. It's supposed to work: Italy -> hotel in Ireland for 3 months -> full social welfare -> housing from HAP/social housing. However there is little housing, hence the RedCross pleading with our taxpayer funds for housing.

DirectProvison is people who have applied for asylum upon arrival in Ireland.

Boggles

Annd9 wrote: »

The practice of taking in refugees is crucial in some cases , but only if you can treat those people decently which we obviously can't at this moment in time .

Isn't the what the Red Cross are trying to do?

Anyone agitated by that is a fooking moron.

Annd9

humberklog wrote: »

Lynn Barber the Australian author living in England tells a good personal story about taking in a refugee and essentially being hoodwinked.

The Red Cross ad states Syrian refugee pretty clearly.

When Marcus White, the owner of a 3star hotel opened his operation up for direct provision he said he was driven by the sympathy he had with the Syrian refugees he saw on TV. Whenever I've heard a report on Lisdoonvarna's D.P. I've only heard residents from Senegal and South Africa. I don't know what the breakdown of nationalities is in that hotel though but I haven't personally heard a Syrian on any of the reports.

I wouldn't be lining up to do it myself but I wonder how true the Red Cross ad is in clearly stating Syrian Refugees?

The whole ad is based on Syrians.

splinter65

Hector Bellend wrote: »

We should house our homeless.

WE SHOULD THEN WORRY ABOUT EVERYONE ELSE

But by far the vast majority of our “homeless” have very very specific ideas about where they will or will not live. That’s a large part of why they are “homeless” in the first place.
Syrian refugees in a refugee camp in Jordan are not so fussy.

AlanG

It is a surprising advert as about 2 years ago a huge number of people registered to take families and the couple I know were not followed up with about the accommodation but were asked for donations form a separate part of the red cross. Most likely due to GDPR they can no longer use those registrations and they need to update their database. It would be interesting to see how many people were placed with Irish families following the last campaign. Overall the red cross seem like a well run and well intentioned organization.

Hector Bellend

splinter65 wrote: »

But by far the vast majority of our “homeless” have very very specific ideas about where they will or will not live. That’s a large part of why they are “homeless” in the first place.
Syrian refugees in a refugee camp in Jordan are not so fussy.

Then take them off the list. House the genuinely homeless then worry about the less fussy syrian and jordanian immigrants.

JohnMc1

How many Red Cross members are housing them? I think we've all had enough of virtue signaling from celebrities like Lily Allen and JK Rowling,etc saying we must let them in and house them while they refuse to practice what they preach.

Uncharted

To quote the great John Mc Enroe....

"You cannot be Syrian's" !

Captain Obvious

I heard it this morning just after a big piece about how a village in Leitrim needs to increase their population. Seems like a perfect match to me.

Also, I love the Trump supporters take on this.

Irish citizens being emotionally blackmailed into housing rapefugees. Where are the I R A scum the supposed defenders of Ireland and why are they abandoning their country?

Atoms for Peace

I did donate to the red Cross following the Japanese tsunami, but was disappointed to receive a load of spam mail afterwards that probably cost as much as my paltry donation.