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

One way ferry tickets will be going through the roof now.

There are a load of huge houses with small familes around the country. Loads of space for people to put up refugees. 🤣🤣🤣

Didn’t see any checkpoint as I crossed into the north earlier. None on return trip either. I’m guessing that a majority using Northern Ireland as their was into the South would probably be wanting to go to Dublin anyway. Might not have as many checkpoints here in the North West if that’s the case.

Brits are loving this - works wonderfully domestically and they are reported to be starting a few Rwanda round ups this week so that news alone will puts the **** up a bunch of these "asylum seekers"

do you think people should be happily permitted to wilfully violate sovereign international borders time and time again without consequence

houses are not free smartie treats to hand out as bonus prizes to all and sundry, someone aka the Irish Tax Payer has to pay for these goodies

free houses are only for genuine cases on a temporary basis where the state has the wherewithal to provide them

illegal migrants must be rapidly processed and deported forthwith we simply cant accommodate the millions of hard luck cases out there at this time its simply not feasible

That was my first reaction too.

https://inews.co.uk/news/friends-fled-ireland-rwanda-fears-uk-deportation-3026710

Its worse than that. We have decided that the UK is not a safe country. The UK could not send them back to France which is a safe country. Any of them that cross the border will be solely our responsibility.

Maybe it won't amount to anything, but I know what i'd be picking if the options were hang around and potentially end up in Rwanda, or get out of dodge as soon as possible and get into Ireland.

I wonder if the government was notified about the change of schedule and if this is what the panicked reaction of the last few days was about.

Whelp, this isn't good.

Anyone else think this is what made Leo resign? Yes the Rwanda deal has only recently passed, but it has been in the cards long enough to already impact immigration to Ireland.

Either way, I doubt that Simon Harris is up to this monumental challenge that Ireland faces, as this is going to need a lot to resolve.

Our courts

Legislation is to be introduced at Cabinet on Tuesday in response to a recent High Court ruling that Ireland's designation of the UK as a "safe third country" for returning asylum seekers, in the context of the Rwanda plan, is contrary to EU law.

People who come here without documents via the North should be housed in basic accommodation (tented accommodation) not hotels or anything fancy. They need to be deterred from coming here.

This whole Rwanda episode is an absolute disaster for us.

We can't just send them to another country either, unless they are deported home.

I suppose the government could appeal the High Court decision

the UK and then Rwanda which is safe according to the UK government

Just incase anyone missed it on RTE news, there was another peaceful protest march in Newtownmountkennedy today against the ipa centre and the governments policy. Well over 2000 people attending a march orgainsed in less than 24hrs, there was no trouble, so maybe thats why rte weren't overly interested.