Ukrainian refugees in Ireland - Megathread

Likewise, I'm sure there are unsavoury characters entering this country. Ukrainans aren't saints either!

While vetting may be hard or even impossible, entering entrants into the country with at least fingerprints so they can be run through a database shouldn't be beyond the bounds of possibilities. As it stands, anyone with a Ukrainian ID is free to mingle here.

Ukraine male on liveline saying he was housed in Travel lodge in Castleknock. Got a job, kids started in school, college place, and moved overnight to apartment in Youghal. He offered to pay to stay til he could sort his own accomodation out, but was told to go, they'd get guards and immigration if he wanted to stay. He said the apartment in Youghal was suitable for those who don't want to work and take from the state, he wants to work. Wtf are the government at, happy to throw social welfare at people but nothing practical as regards to helping them set up independently.

College places… the fûck we doing offering them college places ? They are here to receive asylum.. ie. PROTECTION …. Say a law degree… someone here has to miss out on a place on that course and in time there is no guarantee that the Ukrainian won’t return to the Ukraine… us the taxpayers have enabled them with an education worth tens of thousands of euros minimum…

You’d have to wonder about the mindset of that kid and his family too… “ they give us hundreds of euros every week, free travel, free healthcare, free accommodation… sure they could throw in a bit of free education too , a Masters no less….now where is the phone, I’ll ask “ 🥸

they applied for it, the offer didn’t come down the chimney.

Yeah, ya got me!😬

He was in work in Miami, war broke out, wife fled with kids, he flew into Dublin. Friends told him about how they loved Ireland so that's why they came ...but the friends mustn't have been great because they ended up in state shelter...

Not short of a few bob I'd say, if he was willing to pay the going rates in the Travel lodge.

Yes, the plot is absolutely lost…The lunatics are running the asylum is a particularly apt description of what’s going on as opposed to just an aphorism or colloquialism.

mad..

Martin, Varadkar, McEntee, Coveney, McGrath, O’Brien, Humphries, Ryan et al…. Not a fûckin jot of interest in the wellbeing of Ireland and prioritizing and fighting for the priority of wellbeing for and of Irish citizens and taxpayers… zilch, nada.

Agreed, but the political class can only get away with it with some level of support. If you take boards alone as an example, no matter how stupid some state policies are, there's an army of equally stupid people willing to defend them. A very compliant media class who will never question them about anything only makes the problem worse.

Holy **** that's creepy.

Nice bit of child trafficking there.

I don't honestly know what possessed the charity to do this, the founder is apparently Ukranian, has lived here a number of years. I don't object to rescuing vulnerable children but this operation seems was clearly planned and coordinated, flights and coaches arranged and not a word about it to government agencies, I can only assume Ukranian Authorities were not informed either, very, very troubling.

So let's analyse this.

A Charity (I've never heard of) decides to arrange an airlift of 90 unaccompanied children without informing the Irish Authorities and I'm guessing Ukranian Authorities and you think that's perfectly acceptable.

Did these children have identification, Where are the parents, where are these children going to end up, who actually financed this operation.

These are not just children who will end up perhaps in Foster homes, some may require long term care. Some might likely end up in state care. Who will be caring for them in the interim. An awful lot of unanswered questions including the Charity knowing full well these children will likely end up in hotel accommodation.

Your entitled to your opinion as am I and what has occurred seems grossly irresponsible, bordering on Disturbing.

Do you think Adi Roche or other charities just pop over to Belarus or Ukraine and pick up children and bring them over here without going through official channels 🤔

I have no idea, why don't you contact and ask them? Maybe volunteer.

I imagine they will be treated with the upmost compassion and respect by the local community, whatever your fears are about this particular group, trying to put a complete negative on rescuing children from a radioactive warzone is truly bizarre. 😏

Maybe if the friend read boards or other forums they will realise they are not wanted here by the majority of people. Regardless of how nice we are, I presume they mean nice as in getting stuff for free.

Actually I completely disagree with you on this . No one should be going to Ukraine and bringing 100 children here without going through the proper channels . Its completely wrong and shouldn’t be condoned for one minute . It was irresponsible and foolish