Ireland running out of accommodation for Ukrainian refugees due to surge in non-Ukrainian refugees?

So what criteria should be met before you get a blanket on the floor of a gym and a bowl of Aramark soup?

Of course adding more people won't help in a housing crisis. But yiz may as well be screeching GET BACK IN THERE to newborns for all the good it will do.

Successive terrible governments are to blame for this, but if you want another cohort that's far more problematic than bloody asylum seekers, then point your ire at short term rental landlords. Airbnb tossers.

But no, you lot would rather focus on vulnerable people. Why?

Well we all know why. It's plain as day and bloody shameful.

Any of you condoning what's been going on in the like of ballymun are just as racist as the gobshites terrorizing children.

Leo definitely isn't an idiot. Self-serving, superficial and populist, but not an idiot.

He's doing exactly what he's been told by his EU "betters" and he's following stated FG policy to increase the population of this country by a million - most of which will be through immigration as we know that certainly the average worker can't afford it what with childcare costs, school place waiting lists, costs and lack of bigger/suitable accommodation etc.

This way though he gets to do both and look good to those who can't/refuse to see beyond the "poor vulnerable" narrative.

There's a laundry list of EU departments, agencies, funds, think-tanks, etc. that will reward Leo etc. for pursuing this top-down external agenda. Seeing as this is about Ukraine there's the same again and even more from UN side. 

The state (you and me) will pay for this mess while the politicians move on. These days the primary skill of our politicians is keeping a straight face while doing the EXACT opposite of what the citizens want. In the same way we have "modern Ireland", we also now have a "new democracy" ;)

Do you think our current immigration laws are working effectively?

If not, what would you change?

If so, how many do you think we can accommodate a year?

Actually many many many on here blame the government for immigration policy over those migrating here in search of a better life.

I do not agree with the manner of the protests, I think our non existent immigration laws need reform. Those protesting are not an answer, but they are the only ones in the political sphere even mentioning potential negatives of this madness.

60 percent of asulym seekers here are economic migrants, and refused asulym.

And honestly I agree with almost all of that.

The only bit I would quibble about is the vulnerable people. We refuse 60 percent, 60 percent are not deemed vulnerable enough. I am not a vulnerable person if I decide to move to the US without a VISA. These actual impact our ability to help genuine cases, and provide more temporary asulym.

These protests are what happens when only one side of the debate is given a voice in the media. As a country we're almost lucky these lads and ladies are utterly unelectable. But the next ones likely won't.

These needs to be discussed without the fear of being called racist, until that happens, and we continue to allow unchecked, undocumented migration into the country we will only see this grow.

There are many many legitimate concerns about our immigration policy that needs discussing in the open, and need action taken. Unfortunately we're more a spend money and kick it down the road nation

Ireland is about three decades behind the UK on this issue

the people in charge in this country witnessed what happened with the neighbours across the sea and they still gave the green light

there will be a polished “far right” candidates or party in the future but it will all be too late at that stage

and there never should have been a need for them in the first place

I haven't called anyone with immigration concerns a racist. I share some of the concerns myself.

I have lots of sympathy with economic migrants looking for a better life, be they from Georgia or elsewhere, but agree they can't be granted asylum.

That said, we have upwards of 50,000 people working in the US illegally so perhaps we shouldn't be so uptight about it. If all countries were to clamp down on it we'd be in an even worse situation.

One obvious thing we can do is increase the speed for processing asylum applications. It's insanely slow at the moment.

Another is ending or halting Airbnb letting. That would not be a panacea, but would improve things dramatically in the short term.

I think literally everyone here knows that screaming at asylum seekers in their accommodation will not improve our situation at all. Those that do the screeching and those that condone it, are simply doing it for their own kicks

Are you thick. They’re not women and children and they’re not refugees being bussed in there !!

theyre chancers from North Africa and the Middle East after an easy ride in the west. Do some research on this and then come back to me.

I'm not thick, no.

There's video and photographic evidence of women and children inside the Travelodge, being screamed at by geniuses like you.

Carry on though, you're certain to improve the situation by making them feel scared.

As for the "chancers" from Africa and the middle east, many are seeing inflation rates that are many multiples of what we're going through. Unemployment is through the roof.

When the **** hits the fan here in Ireland, many here do pretty much the exact same thing as them. We have over 50,000 chancers living illegally in the USA right now. So maybe you should just do a little research yourself for a change, and stop insulting everyone.

It comes off as deeply racist, but I expect you know that and don't care

They of course don't have the means to pay for healthcare when they arrive, as they have no income.

I suppose we could just let them die?

Yeah you're right, there's significant downside to shutting down Airbnb too.

I'd probably do it anyway though. They're extortionately expensive and out of reach for most tourists. Including ourselves.

I'd probably shut them down or tax the bejaysus out of them.

Research = far right Twitter.

So explain this easy ride to me? Is it the bed in a 12 man dorm room or the 38 quid a week that has them coming here?

Well for a start we shouldn't be letting in anyone who can't prove who they are, also nobody from Georgia or Albania should be let in because they are economic migrants.

And yeah, let them pay for their own health care, they seem to have lots of money to make the journey here.

Won't happen though, Paddy will continue to foot the bill.