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

Imo, it is very odd that information about refugee centres is clothed in secrecy while we are told by various ngo's, media and those involved or connected to the industry, that Irish society only benefits from the steady flood of people from all corners of the globe.

If ordinary citizens are benefiting in myriad ways, one would expect that the minister and his department would be at pains to point out which of our lucky communities were to host new centres and all the cultural enrichment they bring. Instead the department hides the information and presents locals with a fait accompli.

Also, if it's so beneficial, it's strange that communities all over the country are not vying to win that particular prize. Bizarre.

Keeping it quiet spoils the fun for the pyromaniacs out there.

Some points made below by Roderick

• it is a crisis situation

It is a crisis situation for whom exactly? Why is this continual influx an everlasting crisis?

There exists a crisis among Irish homeless and young people.

- this is going to continue and accelerate in the future

Wonderful. I knew that. Straight up replacement.

• Laws need to be changed around planning to get these centers off the ground much quicker.

I disagree. We don't need or want these.

Feck off Roderick you muppet. You will be remembered as a villain.

May you and your green party forever be banished as unelectable.

Thank god he is not in a position anymore to do anything.

ISIS is active across Europe.

Europe is therefore unsafe.

Close the borders.

70% rejection rate, that tells us all we need to know.

Now if only we could find out how many have actually left the country after being rejected it would be great.

I'd also be interested to know how many appeals AS are entitled to and how much they are costing the taxpayers here.

Going to court isn't cheap especially when it's someone else footing the bill.

As I thought everybody actually knew, almost none are deported

The number of deportation orders is rising but not at the pace of the growing number of arrivals . Before COVID it was 3500 a year this year it will be 18000 .The 70 percent rejection rate demonstrates how many are false claims .

Appeals can go for years and they can even make a new application.

I would not be surprised that those working with a deportation order just change address and continue working.Self deportation is not checked .

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41504756.html

Denmark's policy changes reduced their numbers of asylum seekers arriving by over 90%.

Theres nothing stopping us from copying their measures exactly and hoping for a similar effect. They've been in place for years now in Denmark and are still working - the measures very clearly work in the real world, and most could be brought in with the stroke of a pen almost overnight.

Nothing except our current government's incompetence on the issue of border control, anyway.