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

A Cabinet committee has agreed to fast-track the provision of over 5,000 emergency places to respond to the accommodation crisis caused by a 600 per cent increase in the number of people applying for international protection in Ireland.

It has also asked HSE contact tracing teams to vet families who have pledged accommodation, a process which has been beset by delays and complicated bureaucracy.

The number of people who have applied for asylum in Ireland in the first five months of 2022 is close to 5,000, which is almost twice the total of 2,649 for the entirety of 2021.

This cohort of people is separate from the estimated 24,000 refugees who have been offered accommodation by the State or by private individuals. The dramatic rise in non-Ukrainian asylum seekers has been partly attributed to a new tough policy by the UK government to transfer asylum seekers to Rwanda.

Irish Times

I am guessing it is higher again so far in 2023

@suvigirl

From Irish Times Article Above

"Before the court’s April declarations, the State’s lawyers “unambiguously” accepted the Minister’s legal requirement to accommodate the protection applicants and said accommodation was provided at the “first possible opportunity”.The court was told there was no question of a failure or refusal to act, but the State was dealing with a 600 per cent increase in international protection applications since the start of 2021 in addition to Ukrainians fleeing over the invasion of their country."

I am sorry I do not have exact figures for you but if you look at most cities and towns in Ireland, you can see for yourself the increase

For March 2023

Department of Integration figures show that 650 asylum seekers have arrived so far this month.

That is two-and-a-half times fewer than the same month last year, when 1,625 people arrived here seeking protection.

According to the figures, 37% of this month’s arrivals were single males.

Some 15% were single females.

Families made up of couples with children and lone parents accounted for 52% of the new arrivals in March.

Meanwhile, around 85 Ukrainians and 29 International Protection applicants are arriving in Ireland every day.

Newstalk

Sleeping rough cannot help anyone's health

There was a cancer patient sleeping rough in Cork

There has been some that died even near the Dail

Imagine the outrage from government if it were refugees or asylum seekers dying on the streets

Can their families sue the government, would an NGO provide legal assistance, cover costs etc.,

It seems Dublin council nearly killed a homeless person

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/homeless-man-life-changing-injuries-dublin-city-council-ireland-varadkar-a9284936.html

I think all these NGOs need to be investigated scrutinised audited etc., like what is happening with RTE, a thorough investigation, maybe then cut funding or defund if appropriate mishandling of funds, big salaries etc., found