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

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Can anyone imagine this headline from Rte even 6 months ago? Not a snowballs chance. Fair play to everyone who attended the march in Dublin a couple of weeks ago the genie is out of the bottle now. There will be some numbers at them going forward

Rte n the Irish examiner, times etc desperately trying to jump ship- not a hope of getting off the hook folks

Love how RTE subtly tries to defend the government "chartered flights only used as a last resort because they're so expensive" .

No mention of the cost of keeping asylum seekers here for decades in State funded accommodation with food, laundry services, security, transport. etc etc.

100k to deport 40 scammers. It's a bargain.

Avoiding ghettoisation however is often not a function of avoiding migrant tribalism but also one of avoiding native tribalism and nimbyism. The migrants who tend to become the focus for most criticism are usually poorer migrants who don't blend in as easily — and being poorer they end up living in working class urban areas. What comes then is the narrative of migrants competing with working class people for jobs and resources, which only further drives division and ghettoisation. Indeed, it can sometimes feel that those who rail most ardently against ghettoisation often think little of how they actually drive it themselves.

Of course, this also applies to the wealthy areas, where many migrants haven't a hope in hell of being able to afford anyway but social programs to help spread the migrant community across the island will also invariably fall foul of nimbyism by people who have the money and the influence to explore every legal avenue to frustrate developments they don't want.

You talk of promoting Irish nationalism and I'd tend to agree with that in principle. But many here choose to simply dismiss the hard questions of how you extend that to migrants — which seems to me an almost petulant refusal to accept the reality, whether they like it or not, that a certain level of multiculturalism in a developed economy in a globalised world is inevitable. Most simply prefer to whinge about integration into a shared common Irishness, but do absolutely nothing to promote it. Instead, the blame is pinned on the migrants themselves, or the so-called incompatibility of their cultures as if they can all be neatly compartmentalised into a set culture and mindset purely by virtue of where they come from.

Irrelevant to your claim.

The one from last year is questioning.

The one you citied is an explainer.

You are more than welcome.

Did you not read the headline.

Just admit you were wrong I have no interest in semantics.

"This is not where we want to be in terms of physically removing people" Rte forgot to question her why not I guess!

Because it is very expensive and very labour expensive.

Even Trump and his ghouls are offering money to people to self deport.

The US government is offering migrants who are in the country illegally a sum worth $1,000 (£751) and paid travel if they decide to leave the US.

"Self-deportation is the best, safest and most cost-effective way to leave the United States to avoid arrest," Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in Monday's announcement.

But But But Helen McEntee.

Murphy and Coppinger refusing to answer questions from Gript regarding deportations reminded me of Trump refusing to answer questions from those he regards as fake news.

Journalists slam PBP for refusing Gript question - YouTube

Fair play to those reporters who backed up Gript, pity they didn't just ask the same question Gript asked.

Let's ape America yeah ??

Take it you don't agree with deportations then?. So if their applications fail just let them stay?

You are wrong .

Read my post just below that .

Whatever about Denmark and other European countries let's not go follow Trump down his little garden path .

Up on 500 people gathered for the public meeting to discuss the recent level of unease that's been felt in the town.

One local woman has expressed her deep concern about what she says is the 'decline' of Carrickmacross.

The Carrick native like many spoke out at a public meeting that was organised by local TD Matt Carthy.

Up on 500 people gathered for the public meeting to discuss the recent level of unease that's been felt in the town. The meeting discussed concerns surrounding safety and migration in the town. The well attended public forum addressed several key issues, Fears for the future of the town and the younger generations coming along were highlighted.

My heart goes out to the people of Carrickmacross, rural Ireland knows all to well this blight is causing our towns and villages.

The good thing is it feels things are starting to change, we've seen it with the recent protests, we've seen it with more and more TDs standing up to this shambles.

When an elderly woman cannot walk down the streets of her own town without fearing for her safety, there's something very very wrong.

It all comes back to this government, the damage they have done, the towns/villages they have destroyed, the communities they have destroyed, It's hard to ever seeing it going back to where we were

Cracker that. In her head I bet she thought she was great there for a minute.

Fair play to the other journalists.

Made her look a fool.

Probably not used to a reaction like that. Paul Murphy then asking a MSM journalist "do you have a question for me?" And the response was no, if your not willing to answer their questions, you'll answer none then. The 2 of them scurrying off the plinth in shock. Good enough for the pair of them.