Immigration and Ireland - MEGATHREAD *Read OP for mod warnings before posting*

Today’s march in Letterkenny will, undoubtedly, be addressed by another headbanger in the form of McConnell. He received 1565 votes in the general election. Based on some of the estimates we have seen for crowd numbers I’m surprised it wasn’t claimed that he topped the poll.

I've already addressed both of those things.

You're massaging numbers to fit your narrative.

The fact is that increasing numbers of people are being significantly impacted by immigration to take to the streets in protest, and you don't have to be a racist to do so.

Do you believe the Georgians who topped our list in big numbers were genuine? What's happening in Georgia that caused the mass exodus?

This war that ended in 2008?

https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Georgian_War#:~:text=Russian%20military%20troops%20entered%20the,on%20Saturday%20August%2016th%2C%202008.

Nothing to see here, just a wee bit of the aul radicalizing of the congregation.

it'll all be grand, won't it - course it will!

Good turnout in Letterkenny, great to see.

Probably were? So even you're not sure. The Georgian embassador was embarrassed by the situation and he's on the Georgian side of the former conflict. Key word being former. Nearest safe point for anyone suffering in south Ossetia? It's Georgia. They can claim asylum in Tbilisi.

The guys coming were economic hence why an extremely high number were refused in places like France while being accepted here.

Are the government Pro russian or just don't want to give Russia an excuse to invade again? Maybe you should open your mind a little. You can't defend what happened here and the Georgian ambassador certainly didn't.

Well, all the experts and Ngos are saying that In the future there may well be climate refugees,and Ireland with its benign climate will be be most likely top of the list to relocate to.

https://highlandradio.com/2025/05/03/anti-illegal-immigration-protest-gets-underway-in-letterkenny/

More here, for people who don't have X.

This.

If we had those centres built and running .

I would consider you somewhere in the middle, maybe slightly to the right of this debate but I am only one person with my own views.

I don't disagree with much of your opinion there ( think we noted that before on another thread !) and would be similarly looking for more control, faster processing and step up deportations of those refused .Think this may finally be happening now.

What I would think is that we need to accept that we need centres for these people to live in while they are being processed but not detention centres and if people abhor the use of private facilities and large amounts being paid into private hands by the government that is the way to go as per centres in Denmark.

This was talked about 2 years ago but still caught up.in various rows over "where ,not here ? "

As to Australia and the 100k Irish ...they will come home anyway , many of them but more will go out ..it's a continuous process . And some of those Irish born are well settled out there as Irish have done for generations and so will stay.

I disagree with including Irish people who emigrate to work and live elsewhere as part of this discussion because for many it's a choice , work and lifestyle and not necessity

Many Irish people emigrated before housing was an issue citing social and work conditions.

Some won't return until housing is more available and cheaper but even if it was , some will stay as they have family settled over there . That's as it always was and is now.

I think housing is the major problem of this generation but do I think it's all the blame on the refugees / asylum seekers ? ..no .

It's consistent lack of planning and building by governments who have relied on private developers to build as if they.. the developers ! ..have our best interests at heart .

This has been going on since FF and Haughey in the 1980s and it's just started to kick us in the teeth in the last 10 years.

Lack of social and affordable housing , lack of infrastructure , water , drainage , poor planning of towns and cities ..these are all down to poor governance and nothing else.

To blame refugees for this plays directly into the hands of not just those on the far right but also those who have been in government and looking after themselves and their own for the last 40 years .

The elephant in the room.

Looks like this economist agrees. We need to dramatically slow down immigration. We also need to slow emigration which means we'd need to curb immigration even further.

Like I said no point creating another 100k jobs whether skilled or low income if it means a large proportion are taken up my immigrants. The level of job creation should be looking to replace jobs that leave.

We are in an absolute crisis driven my inward migration TEN TIMES the EU average.