Immigration to Ireland - policies, challenges, and solutions *Read OP before posting*

Ah no, It's only if they are violent and causing trouble before getting on a flight. Violent offenders get deported, they're not always violent!

Sure a harmless fella could start kicking off before a flight, the pilot won't let them on.

We can try blame Ukraine but in the next 18 + months we could easily have the same numbers before we get to the Ukrainian situation, but again this is just another attempt to downplay the story

Marion Harkin made some good points onThe Tonight Show last night about the numbers coming with no documents.

She wanted to say more as well but Claire Brock decided to cut to an ad break just at that moment for some strange reason.

No that's a lazy response - most reasonable people have no difficulty with sheltering war refugees from Ukraine a) as long as they are genuine refugees and b) they return when the shitshow is over.

The concern is with the rapid general rise in non nationals and in particular the 15,000+ asylum applicants expected annually.

She knows which side her bread is buttered.

It's going to become increasingly hard for the media and government to keep a lid on it though. That said McEntee''s coming anti free speech bill will attempt (and fail) to do just that. FG/FF are in a hole and they might be just stupid enough to keep digging tbh.

No guarantee this refugee / immigration stuff will be dominating the news cycle in June when the European and local elections take place. It might well do, but it could just as easily have dropped off the radar by then to be replaced by something else....nobody can tell.

It's not going away no matter how much you keep trying to downplay it , its going to get a hell of a lot worse, and our useless Leadership Just keep hoping it just goes away , no

There needs to be serious political change in this country, before predictions of us of becoming a minority in our own country by 2050 come through

The anti-immigration people still need events to be happening for it to be dominating the news headlines i.e. protests, clashes with Gardai, heavy criticism of government etc. Five months is a very long time in politics : it might still be a big story, it might not be at all, it's far from clear. It could just as easily fall off the radar as gather momentum.

I've a feeling that the likes of FF,FG and SF will start talking tough on immigration as the election cycle approaches. Of course they'll have absolutely no intention of changing the status quo when/if elected.

It remains to be seen how many people fall for their crap, but I think a lot of the people complaining will end up voting the same way they always have(hope I'm wrong).

In some ways I've more respect for the likes of the green/SD and Labour parties. At least you know exactly what you'll get if you do vote for them.

No councillor has been thrown out of any party yet.

No one arrested over the fires.

The only two times immigration hit the headlines in the last month or so was Ballinrobe and Roscrea, two specific incidents involving protests, one which featured clashes with Gardai. Outside of this, there wasn't a whole load of traction in the news cycle concerning immigration and refugees. It's far from a given that this is going to dominate the news for the whole of 2024 or be the No.1 issue in the summer elections.

People have been discussing for the last 2 years and it's increasing its the biggest news and political issues for the last few months....

I'd swear your a TD or party official by the amount of effort you've have put into downplaying this whole discussion, despite everything proving your claims wrong