Ukrainian refugees in Ireland - Megathread

I don’t doubt there are certain regions in the vast expanse that is Ukraine that are too dangerous for civilians to live in. There is also a massive area of Ukraine where these citizens could move to that are many hundreds of kilometres in distance from any danger.

Ireland has also had to remove visa free travel from Ukranians travelling here from safe countries. Can you explain to me why they would need to do this? They have also had to introduce measures in hotels that if you are not resident in the hotel you have been accommodated in for a 7 day period you lose the accommodation. Again why would they need to do this? It is due to the majority of Ukranians taking the absolute piss out of Irelands generosity and using the situation to milk it for every cent they can get.

Our weak government would normally turn a blind eye to chancers like this like they do our own Irish social welfare scammers. The fact they have introduced those measures shows the abuse is widespread.

That’s the ‘logic’ you are dealing with unfortunately.

Really? How much would that guy be taking home after paying extortionate rent, fuel, transport and other expenses to basically just survive in the current climate.

What if he's not qualified to work for Abbott's in NW Donegal, where house prices are '140k'. Unless he's living rent free in some undiscovered utopia he hasn't a hope of getting a mortgage.

what most don’t realise is that the vast majority of these Abbot jobs will be unskilled low paid jobs. That is great as lots of these are badly needed. But these workers won’t go beyond scratching out a living unless they have a partner in a well paid job.

Sums up the “refugee” scam for what it is. End this welfare tourism farce immediately and ship the lot of these freeloaders back to where they came from.

Where exactly did I go on to doubt?

Nice article there for you to read about one of the reasons for all the civilian deaths in the Ukraine statistics you keep rehashing. Ukraine then tries to spin this as evil Russia targeting civilians.

Love your sweet little theory of people leaving their accommodation to be reunited with loved ones. The reality is these people are off on hols around Europe, crashing with friends somewhere else in Ireland or back in Ukraine. In all cases they should relinquish the accommodation but want to keep just in case.

I would love to see the travel statistics for Ukrainians in Ireland. Countries travelled to/from in the last few months.

Of course- their parents have contributed to the state via taxes. These freeloaders on the other hand are hopping around europe for the biggest soft touch to exploit

Its allowed but do we really want to be paying 10s of thousands of refugees who just arrived in the Country while they take holidays? Also when they are away their accommodation is not availalbe for others. You can't have your cake and eat it.

I also disagree with them getting the full rate. That's costing the taxpayer billions between accommodation and income supports. The govt is frittering away taxpayers money. Money we need for healthcare...school places....housing.

I don't agree wiith refugees being able to take holidays and get paid for it especially in the first year or two.

If they are working and not claiming income supports thats different.