Immigration and Ireland - MEGATHREAD *Mod Note Added 14/08/25*

Would you care to explain that?

It's crazy. Reading that reminds me of this video:

(1) Immigration and World Poverty Explained with Gumballs - YouTube

It a fools errand what the pro-migration lobby are doing.

Well I'm not quite sure who is "diminishing" it but from spending a good bit of time reading posts on this thread, I have to say I find the concern about population growth to be a little confused. That's because one day a popular post on here will decry the dangers of population growth, while similarly popular posts will claim that we need to entice Irish people away from emigration, encourage our young people home, and encourage young Irish couples to have more children — all of which would be population boosters.

So it's hard to evade the suspicion sometimes on here that it's not really population growth in itself that people are concerned about — but quite simply the growth of the foreign born population.

Even at that, if we directly swapped our foreign born population for the pretty large Irish-born population living abroad, many of our systemic problems would remain — which aligns with the fact that we had these problems (housing especially) long before the influx of asylum seekers from 2022 onwards. And it could well be even worse — given that migrants are statistically less likely to be homeowners in Ireland, and our returning population would be prospective first time buyers.

Well, I'd disagree with you on the basis that if asylum was such an easy option then it would be the primary way for migrants to enter Ireland. The truth is that seeking asylum is a relatively uncomfortable process compared to the much more comfortable ways most of us have the privilege of entering other countries — i.e. as tourists and workers on visas (or visa exempt). Claiming asylum means having to go through a process and losing some degree of liberty in terms of your control over where you go.

What I do accept is that for people in particular countries where some form of more compelling case for asylum can be made (i.e. it's easier to make a compelling case for asylum if you're an Afghan than a Canadian), asylum seeking remains an attractive option in circumstances where it's your only realistic option if making it to the developed world and its a system which can definitely be exploited.

I agree that it would be better if net inward migration was reduced, I just wouldn't as alarmist about it as some on here are.

God I never hated a party as much as I hate those fanatics SD

Open borders Gannon would love to put these people into 5 star hotels

Fair enough — if you don't want to engage sincerely and respectfully with other opinions, that's up to you. I guess it just makes it seem that you aren't up for robust debate, but rather a few slaps on the back from people who think this kind of comment is sound out.

A yearly increase of 130,000 people roughly equates to the combined population of the 2 centres that I am most familiar with, Limerick City and Ennis. The increased number of houses, the enhanced medical and education services such an annual increase demands is impossible for any government to provide.

I said Harris was a Marxist, and it's factually correct. Notwithstanding the ludicrous levels of personal taxation that we're subject to, we have an immigration system that's simply not based on the needs of the country or the merit of an individual.