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

All this bickering over semantic terminology is irrelevant and just intended to derail the legitimate discussion.

The bottom line is that there are too many migrants arriving, most of whom are here for economic reasons but attempting to circumvent the requirements for same by posing as refugees/asylum seekers.

Those are the facts of the matter as verified by officials and statistics.

The issue is that we are not dealing with these people efficiently or effectively. That is what needs to be addressed.

I posted a few days back about methods of doing so to be met with the usual "you can't do that" nonsense. Why nonsense? Well because during the financial crisis and especially during covid, we saw laws and rules being bent, broken, or just ignored to allow the imposition of whatever policies were deemed "necessary" - often at extremely short notice and with minimal if any debate.

Even now we've seen planning laws circumvented all over the country to allow tent cities and modular housing to be installed (although if you are an Irish taxpayer trying to set something similar up on your own property to support your offspring in the midst of the government-led housing crisis, woe betide you if you don't dot every i and cross every t!)

The point is that "laws" are not written in stone or blood, and can be and are changed all the time depending on what is required for the circumstances or what is politically expedient. This is no different!

We just need a Government that will do it!

Don't care frankly. This is our country, our rules. Laws can be changed (even overnight) as you're well aware with the right political will!

Plus no one is imprisoned. They can go back to where they came from at any point.

Your reasoning doesn't hold up.

How would it be imprisonment if they are free to leave.

It seems from a security point of view a great idea to not leave them free to wander the country when we don't know who they are.

These people are seeking refuge and it would provide them a bed, food, water and security.

If they are genuine then they should be delighted while waiting to get their claim assessed.

See the problem and the uncomfortable truth for some, and indeed the entire industry and wealthy hotel owners that are making serious money from the taxpayers on all this, is that they don't want people to remember that these (predominantly economic) migrants are arriving in the country voluntarily and remaining here voluntarily - regardless of the supposedly substandard and inadequate supports and accommodation offered.

If everyone remembered that, well they could just leave again at any time, it wouldn't really suit the agenda or the bank balances of these vested interests.

That definitely can't be allowed to happen - hence nonsense about "obligations" and "laws" (while also ignoring - as I said earlier - that these too can be changed as needed) to keep the "these poor people need our help" narrative going.

It wouldn't do for people to realise that billions have been spent on excessive and entirely voluntary supports while the natives and citizens struggle to keep or buy a roof over their heads.

Ssh!! Don't tell anyone, OK?