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

Those are some stunning figures and my deep suspicion is that when ministers say that they will 'speed up the processing of asylum claims', they intend to achieve that simply by reducing checks and simply waving people through the system.
The same was done in the UK, I remember and article interviewing someone processing asylum claims, he was simply told that the required scrutiny took too long and verifying claims wasn't necessary. The example he gave was of a man he interviewed claiming he was in danger of political persecution as a political activist in his country, when asked who was the leader of the ruling party there however, he couldn't answer, at least until he took a toilet break with his phone and them he managed to remember. That guys claim was simply waved through.
That kind of rubber stamping would explain the story I posted yesterday about a Nigerian woman who put down her brother as the father of her child to expedite his request for a visa for this country. It would seem that verifying claims is seen as taking too long, and instead of assigning the necessary resources we are just rubber stamping asylum claims. The basis for claims is also ridiculously broad, there was a story in the papers reported this week of a guy who was granted an appeal against deportation after his release from prison, the grounds? Apparently he feared retribution from the families of his victims in his country of origin, I fail to see how that's our concern.

The referendum was about an amendment to the constitution. could you point out what type of constitutional amendment would allow a vote on immigration ?

It appears the Italy Albania deal won't be happening now, as Italian courts have ruled it illegal. It seems like the Italian government just ignored advise telling them this.

Governments can't just break the law, and most decent people will thank god that we don't live in countries that can.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/14/italy-albania-asylum-deal-complete-failure-giorgia-meloni

The Irish Judiciary are living on another planet to the rest of us. This guy should have been deported immediately upon arrival instead he is costing us millions. Doing "courses" at taxpayer expense after 18 years here is a complete joke.

Well if the rest of Europe doesn't want them its a clear indication of the buck being passed as far as im concerned.

I haven't seen a plan from anyone regarding how we support sustained, unplanned, unlimited migration into Ireland with practically zero deportations.

I think it's because the fans are milking the magic money tree hard before it all crashes or they are absolutely deluded.

It's the real puzzling part for me, it's all these well off politicians who are telling us how great it is.

Why are we not seeing hoards of asylum seekers being housed in their areas.

Yes, some people I know have said the same, if it wasn't for their stance on abortion they'd be giving them a 1st preference.

Keep us updated on your progress.

Illegal Immigrants and their offspring are vastly over-represented in the unemployment statistics. Ireland's income tax system means that all the deliveroo drivers and other lowly paid jobs contribute little to nothing to the exchequer. Adding in all the housing benefit and other income top-ups means that even the ones who eventually decide to work, will be a net drain to the taxpayer.

They will also have to be accomodated and fed during years of Asylum decisions plus legal fees when they challenge any negative decision. When they exhaust that process, you're looking at another huge bill to deport them if that's even possible. It's just an endless waste of money and social welfare is just the tip of the iceberg.

Hopefully, Trump will repatriate lots of corporation tax to the US so we can stop wasting it here on fake scam artists.

You haven't explained how illegal immigrants are accessing social welfare?