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

Justice Minister McEntee welcomes historic agreement on EU Migration and Asylum Pact

Denmark opted out of this, as they and Ireland have an opt-out clause...and we have opted in. They actually opted us in. The Dublin III Regulation (No. 604/2013) will be void and replaced, based on 'mandatory solidarity' and the strength of our 'GDP'.

Europe has wrought untold destruction on the sociocultural and economic fabric of societies across Europe. For whose benefit? Not Ireland. And the government do this

• January 2023, The UNHCR and the Irish National Union of Journalists launch reporting guidelines for journalists covering forced displacement in Ireland.
• May, last year the EU Council agreed to a new "mandatory solidarity" pact with 3 options for Member States: 1) Accept a number of relocated asylum-seekers as in 30,000 a year. 2) Pay for return of rejected applicants to their country of origin (€20,000) 3) Finance operational support

Seems their mind had been made up. Its beyond vile what they are doing

Pay for return of rejected applicants to their country of origin (€20,000).

Wow they just created a new scam. Take half the prison population (or other undesirables) in a country, book them on planes to the EU, get paid for their return, rinse and repeat. Prisoners will spend their entire sentences inside airports.

I know illegal immigrants arrive on the Spanish shore, but I bet they are all.making their way yo Germany, UK and Ireland !

They dont want to.stay in Spain. Have you seen the dole in Spain? Its peanuts. Dole in Ireland .. now thats like the lotto to these boys.

Wrong again unfortunately. They had over 150,000 aslyum applications last year. A record for them. But don't worry, you'll still have a great time living there.

Whenever the talks with the Ukraine even attempt to get serious about granting them entry to the eu,that will be the beginning of the break up of the eu.

Nothing like being able to go somewhere and pay your own way either, instead of having the government pay it for you.

Regarding the 150,000 applications - what’s the population of Spain - 40+ million. Well 43 from a google search, compared to our approx 5 million - so in compative terms that 150,000 is about 20,000 to us.

Things falling apart rapidly now from a government narrative standpoint. Has there ever been a government so out of touch with the people in the history of our state.

Well, unless your a local Spainish person trying to buy property. Seeing Johnny foreign come in and outbid you on the local property probably isn't such an amazing thing.

Yes I know. Imagine leaving a country because they take in too many asylum seekers only to move to another that still takes in more comparatively.

Well if you want us to ignore all the EU legislation we have to comply with then do tell us how we should do that while remaining in the EU?

Just become very strict - anyone arriving in any airport for example without a passport is not permitted entry for example and other more stringent measures

It’s a shame because it might result in some genuine asylum seekers that actually need help being turned away.

But the no limits everything for anyone types like yourself have burned up a lot of the good will that was there amongst the general populace. Attitudes to all of it are hardening now and again you can thank yourself and your ilk for contributing to that.

No doubt you think you’re “good” for behaving how you have but ultimately it’s a net negative for the migrants, as those championing their cause are incapable of doing it without pontification and moral grandstanding.