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Ireland's Refugee Policy cont. Please read OP before posting

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,255 ✭✭✭MegamanBoo


    Now that we have a bit of clarity about what's happened in Ballaghadreen, maybe we can discuss the shortage of Gardai and crime rates all around the country.

    We might want to question why the anti-immigration brigade want to take Gardai away from tackling serious and violent crime to…

    • Deal with their 'peaceful' protests.
    • Deal with their misinformation.
    • Deport peaceful working people.
    • Lock people up for short sentences who have the wrong/no documents. (Despite this being legal by international law).
    • Investigate the nationality, ethnicity and immigration status of every suspected perpetrator and victim in the country.


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    Well said. These shanty towns are hazaradous in just about every sense. Over 1000 men crammed into tents in fields for the long haul will surely put serious pressure on local sewage, water, electricity, transport, health, emergency services. And there are serious environmental concerns as well as the obvious security risks of placing so many men into such a space together. It wouldn't end well regardless of their nationality but even worse if they're from third world countries and cultures that might be at odds with each other.

    And the worst thing is that these shanty towns are being built illegally. As is clear from the article, the ministerial orders that supposedly allow O'Gorman to throw all planning regulations out the window, are not actually valid. That's why Thornton Hall has not yet become active and keeps getting halted by some local protest group who know their stuff.

    O'Gorman is a great man for telling us about the country's legal obligations but his own obligations are the least of his worries. Time will reveal the depth of the scandal he is inflicting on the country.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 91,194 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    What clarity exactly though, you think it was a protest as two minors just had sex, crime has increased there

    Also who said anyting about deporting legal working people



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,255 ✭✭✭MegamanBoo


    Why are you still posting about crime in Ballaghdreen? Have you not read the AGS statement or have you decided to ignore it and keep posting lies about IPA involvement?

    Meanwhile there are serious problems with crime in many parts of the country. Why do the anti-immigration brigade want to stop Gardai tackling serious and violent crime and instead have them:

    • Deal with their 'peaceful' protests.
    • Deal with their misinformation.
    • Deport peaceful working people.
    • Lock people up for short sentences who have the wrong/no documents. (Despite this being legal by international law).
    • Investigate the nationality, ethnicity and immigration status of every suspected perpetrator and victim in the country.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 91,194 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    The people of Ballaghaderreen have had enough, according to a local councillor.

    This is in relation to the rising rate of crime in the town and area, with particular emphasis locally on the lack of Garda resources.

    Local cllr Micheál Frain says that the community feels let down by both Garda management and the Government.

    https://www.midwestradio.ie/index.php/news/80493-ballaghaderreen-has-had-enough-as-crime-rate-is-rapidly-increasing

    There has been other crimes there that just the past weekend's sexual assault

    No one wants to see AGS stop tackling serious crimes

    I do think anyone here who commits serious crime should be deported and have citizenship revoked

    I mean this is absolutely ridiculous

    Convicted rapists in an Irish prison are applying for asylum to avoid deportation at the end of their sentences, a Sunday Times investigation has revealed.

    In at least two cases, criminals walked free after their release despite efforts to deport them. The Sunday Times understands that in both cases, the men, from Albania and Pakistan, told Gardai that they would be applying for asylum in Ireland.

    One senior security source described the situation as “utter madness”. The source said: “These are convicted rapists who have attacked women and have gone through our courts and our prison system. This is not what our asylum process is for and they are taking advantage of the system.”

    https://www.thetimes.com/world/ireland-world/article/rapists-dodge-deportation-by-applying-for-asylum-in-prison-036jzs8p6



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,116 ✭✭✭selectamatic


    Frain being involved with Roscommon leader partnership and other community projects counts as head in the refugee trough? Because a bit of community integration comes under their pretty broad remit.

    Is that really the level you're at? Lapping up everything a few headbangers on twitter post.

    Councillors are elected to get involved with community developments and such matters. They still get zero say in government level decisions on immigration, asylum and housing list directives.

    I've posted numerous posts about who's head is in the refugee trough in Ballaghaderreen here's a hint it ain't Frain or any of the locals really.

    If you'd bothered to look you'd notice this part of the country has been quite the graveyard for Fine Gael and the green party the last few years Fianna Fáil have struggled too albeit to a lesser extent and they'd do better imo if Martin wasn't heading them up.

    The main beneficiaries are at this on a national level.

    I probably agree with many of your views on immigration and the refugee policy but you really should realise there's sensible pragmatic ground in the centre/right political sphere without throwing your toys outta the pram because Philip (buy me a coffee) Dwyer and Andy the Dyson Heasman were told to f*ck off.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,649 ✭✭✭downthemiddle


    You don't appreciate being called out on your conspiracy theories.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,255 ✭✭✭MegamanBoo


    Why do you keep trying to make a connection between crime rates and IPAs in that town? AGS have stated it's not true and asked people to stop spreading misinformation.

    Your article shows where people tried to avoid deportation by claiming asylum. Did it work? Twenty seconds on Google told me it didn't.

    Now maybe you'll answer my question and tell me why the anti-immigration brigade want to take Gardai from dealing with serious and violent crime and instead have them:

    • Deal with their 'peaceful' protests.
    • Deal with their misinformation.
    • Deport peaceful working people.
    • Lock people up for short sentences who have the wrong/no documents. (Despite this being legal by international law).
    • Investigate the nationality, ethnicity and immigration status of every suspected perpetrator and victim in the country


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 91,194 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    I thought it was a criminal offence to not have the correct documents

    Bulelani Mfaco (MASI)

    And many people who came to Ireland through the asylum process with fake or no travel documents were never detained and are Irish citizens today

    A Department of Justice spokesperson said that prosecutions for not having a passport is a matter for Gardaí and the Director of Public Prosecutions, adding “a person entering the jurisdiction is required to carry appropriate documentation. It is a criminal offence to not have the appropriate documents”.

    The spokesperson also said “the Minister and Government have been consistent in their assertion that those who are in need of international protection should get it and get it quickly, and that those who don’t should receive decisions on their applications quickly and return to their country of origin if they do not have a legal basis to remain in the State. Upholding that assertion depends on an immigration system that is firm but fair”.

    I don't see why not have the nationality, ethnicity and immigration status of serious crime perpetrators be investigated, I do think serious crimes should warrant deportation and revoked citizenship

    I do not think anyone would want legal peaceful working people deported, I am sure everyone has friends or work colleagues who are non Irish

    The number of deportation orders revoked by the Minister for Justice between the beginning of 2021 and August 16 this year amounted to over 61% of the total number of deportation orders issued over the same period



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,556 ✭✭✭twinytwo


    You continue to hide and refuse to answer the long list of questions waiting for you. But yet, you have the neck to demand someone answers yours? The comedy show continues.

    All bark no bite.🤣



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,255 ✭✭✭MegamanBoo


    Yes it is a criminal offence not to have the correct documents and I haven't said otherwise. But it an offence under the immigration act.

    It is not a violent or sexual offence, which I believe is where we should be focusing AGS resources given the current shortages. It takes a lot of Garda resources to complete a deportation and we know from the last wave of immigration that people were deported who were otherwise working and living peacefully.

    It seems the anti-immigration brigade want to return to deporting such cases, all while old people live in fear, especially in rural areas where there is effectively no police coverage at times, parts of our cities are no-go areas, tourists are getting beaten half to death on the streets, children are being groomed and targeted by organized crime gangs, etc, etc.

    So I'll repeat my assertion that the anti-immigration brigade want to take Gardai from dealing with serious and violent crime and instead have them:

    • Deal with their 'peaceful' protests.
    • Deal with their misinformation.
    • Deport peaceful working people.
    • Lock people up for short sentences who have the wrong/no documents. (Despite this being legal by international law).
    • Investigate the nationality, ethnicity and immigration status of every suspected perpetrator and victim in the country.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 91,194 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    Do you think anyone here illegally should not be deported? The numbers coming in are just unsustainable, we are a tiny island country, the farthest west

    I just want AGS to do their job



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,255 ✭✭✭MegamanBoo


    There's a lot of things AGS should ideally be doing, but don't have the numbers.

    I think the focus should be on serious and violent crime.

    This idea of mass-deportations is nothing but fantasy anyway. Other countries who have the police resources to complete the process of identifying, finding and detaining potential deportees, still struggle to have receiving countries accept people, hence the failed Rwanda plans etc.

    If you believe the number of IPAs arriving is unsustainable (and yet makes up a very small amount of immigration), deporting 10-20%, which would be a realistic target, isn't going to make much of a difference, but will take significant numbers of AGS away from other work.

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/denied-asylum-but-not-deported-migrants-in-europe-live-in-limbo/2019/08/07/1b9f3082-a4ad-11e9-a767-d7ab84aef3e9_story.html

    Nothing you have said comes close to challenging the assertion that the anti-immigration brigade want to take Gardai from dealing with serious and violent crime and instead have them:

    • Deal with their 'peaceful' protests.
    • Deal with their misinformation.
    • Deport peaceful working people.
    • Lock people up for short sentences who have the wrong/no documents. (Despite this being legal by international law).
    • Investigate the nationality, ethnicity and immigration status of every suspected perpetrator and victim in the country.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,556 ✭✭✭twinytwo


    These is little point engaging with the poster you quoted. But as you may be new, I will attempt to save you some time and the inevitable circling of the drain he will attempt to draw you into and pre-empt his answer by replying with same speal he has been throwing out since the start of the thread:

    Short Answer: Yes he does. The numbers are irrelevant.

    Long Answer:

    1. Ireland is a nasty little country.
    2. Deportations are costly and not worth it, plus we might annoy our neighbours. Everyone in and no one out at all costs, we can never have too many people regardless of having inadequate services. In fact we should go as far as providing direct flights/ferries from the 3rd world to Ireland. He never sees a point where the cons of this outweigh the pros. Besides the "far right" is costing the state far too much money we should concentrate on that rather than the "non issue" that is immigration
    3. We should turn our visa system on its head to prioritise people from the global south regardless of needing them of not because everyone just wants a better life, we owe it to them after all and if we don't they will just claim asylum here anyway. But its impossible for anyone seeking asylum to be "bogus" or "illegal"
    4. Anyone who disagrees with him is at least one but most likely all of mentally ill, far right, easily influenced, knuckle dragging, hate filled, misinformation spreading racists


  • Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 56,535 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    Mod: Can we stop with the anecdotes without evidence. It's not constructive posting and only leads to disagreements over things that may or may not have happened.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,496 ✭✭✭✭suvigirl


    It has been pointed out many many times that it doesn't matter what anyone's status is, they are entitled to claim asylum. It is literally in the legislation.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 91,194 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    If failed application status then deport immediately, why is there leave to remain?

    As it stands anyone can come here, claim to be anyone, apply for aslyum, fail and still stay



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,255 ✭✭✭MegamanBoo


    I know lies and misinformation are a big thing for the anti-immigration brigade…

    But I'd appreciate it if you would stop this running false narrative commentary on my posts.

    I don't have to go any further than point 1) I think Ireland is a great country, I've never said otherwise, I can see why so many people want to come here.

    I've no interest in engaging with you further.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,255 ✭✭✭MegamanBoo


    Feel free to tell us how you would deport all these people, considering other countries largely won't accept them.

    Please tell us how many AGS you want to take away from tackling violent and serious crimes in your efforts.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,802 ✭✭✭rgossip30




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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,802 ✭✭✭rgossip30


    Asylum seekers with deportation orders should not be able to remain in DP for years !!

    https://nascireland.org/news/2019/nasc-condemns-proposed-eviction-asylum-seekers-direct-provision



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 91,194 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,496 ✭✭✭✭suvigirl


    I have no issue with failed applicants being deported, I presume helping them to leave is always the first option as it is much cheaper. Deportations are expensive and every country finds them extremely difficult.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 91,194 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    A man convicted of manslaughter in Ireland has persuaded the High Court to overturn a tribunal’s finding that he is not entitled to refugee status.

    In a judgment published on Wednesday, Ms Justice Marguerite Bolger held that the International Protection Appeals Tribunal committed a fatal error in failing to provide the man’s legal team with a record from an early stage of his application.

    She ordered the tribunal to reconsider his claim afresh.

    The man, who cannot be identified due to anonymity protections for asylum seekers, came to Ireland more than a decade ago having married an EU citizen some years earlier.

    Some time afterwards, he pleaded guilty in Ireland to killing a compatriot here. He was also convicted of assaulting his now ex-wife, the judge said.

    While in prison he applied for international protection, claiming he would face threats to his life from his victim’s family if he returned to their country of origin.

    Tribunal must reconsider asylum claim made by man convicted of manslaughter, court rules – The Irish Times

    I really think I am at a lost for words with what they are get away with here, what they can claim, is it NGOs helping bring these cases?

    The State must make sure that failed asylum seekers must leave Ireland “much more quickly”, Simon Harris has said

    In reality how many if any, do actually leave



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,060 ✭✭✭conorhal


    Utterly disgusting. Every single law pertaining to this monumental failure needs to be reviewed, struck down or ammended to ensure individuals like this one have only one avenue once they complete their sentence, that being a straight line to the departure gates. The staggering inepititude of our government is once again laid bare for all to see.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,228 ✭✭✭✭Galwayguy35


    Well maybe you cam tell us why we should be stuck with illegals because the countries they came from won't take them back.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,985 ✭✭✭Sweet.Science


    Mod note:

    link dump post, deleted

    Post edited by Irish Aris on


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,154 ✭✭✭Jizique


    If people here knew that anyone convicted of such crimes was using that offence as grounds to remain in the country, any worthwhile opposition to this govt would get a vote that would make Orban blush



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,813 ✭✭✭Patrick2010


    Haven’t bothered posting here for a while but dropping back can see why there’s no point. You have the usual posters saying due to our “obligations “ we have to house anyone arriving into the country claiming asylum whether they have documents or not

    Currently it’s 68 weeks before their first interview so that’s 68 weeks free board. There’s no point in complaining, we need to find accommodation for 20000 AS this year

    Thornthall is setup to be a shanty town for 1000 males with no work or anything to do



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,556 ✭✭✭twinytwo


    I see you are at the denial phase now… false narrative? really?

    YOU have said every single point I have mentioned at one point or another in this thread or the previous thread. YOU have said these things not me. There is nothing false about any of it. But now you want to pretend like you didn't?

    You continually cry about misinformation, but then have the audacity for example to repeatedly suggest that the Irish government actively uses people smugglers as a form of deterrence - but are unwilling to provide once shred of evidence for such a claim.

    Of course you do want to engage with me, you cant expand/elaborate on any of the comments you make that I and others have been called you out on. Its clear at this point you refuse to as it just exposes how fragile your position/commentary is. Which is why for the entirety of the both threads it has been a recurring theme of obscure/selective answers, deflection, circling the drain, attempted derailment ,ghosting and the continuous conflation of visa immigration and refugees/asylum seekers in a thread that has nothing to do with the former.

    Given your comments on a lot of things I guess it is easier to cry "false commentary" than actually answer when challenged.

    So in short , I do not care if you do engage or not. It's clear you cannot take being challenged - you after all see everyone who disagrees with you as misguided etc and to be honest your attempts up to now have only made you look silly. If you cant take the heat, get out of the kitchen.

    Weak men, hard times.

    Post edited by twinytwo on


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