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

I said this before, but …. no-one is forcing any of these people to come or to remain here. They are free to leave at any time and try their luck elsewhere!

I'm all for a holding area pending decision of their claim. It would be in their own interests to cooperate fully to have that claim decided on quickly.

If they don't like it, they can get back on a plane to wherever they arrived from. It should be very easy to identify that considering all flights require ID and boarding passes to get on the plane, and all of this data is recorded by the airlines. It might need some legislative changes to get access to that data but I can't see the airlines objecting too strongly - it's in their interests to not be carrying chancers and illegals too!

Seeing as these people are generally arriving from EU countries and we keep getting told how key and influential we are, I'm sure our politicians will have no problem getting our "friends" on the continent to agree to take them back. They could then repeat the same process with the airlines to send them on to the previous port etc.

All things are possible - even the previously unthinkable! Covid proved that when we locked down entire countries for weeks/months. Before that it was the bending/bypassing/ignoring of previously inviolable "rules" to save banks in the Financial Crisis.

All that's missing is political will, but that can change too. It just needs enough people to say "enough" and make their views known through (peaceful and lawful!) protests and lobbying of representatives, but sooner or later it happens - even in Ireland!

Garda/Immigration stops of buses/trains from NI will sort that - they did it before remember. We've also sent them back over that same border too.

You don't even need to catch every one - stop enough of them and the word will get out.

Holding area, or "reception centres" if you prefer, at Dublin/Cork/Shannon Airport, Dundalk, Rosslaire.

Large military style tents (as were being used previously) to house them in these locations. Basic food and medical supports only.

If their claim is valid, they are processed through the next steps.

If not, they're sent back to wherever they arrived from.

If they don't like that, they can avail of that second option at any point - but the only ones being allowed any further into the country should be legitimate and verified.

You're wasting your time trying the "think of the children" angle with me I'm afraid. Their parents are the ones to blame there, not the country seeking to protect its borders as is it right.

I have no problem with the idea of holding them until their claim is decided. They're free to leave at any point - just not into our country unless they are cleared to do so.

Reception centre... It's all about how you position it.

And no one is being detained under my proposal. They can leave at any time! - just not into our communities unless they have a legitimate right to be there.

Guess they shouldn't have disposed of that ID along the way then really.

Again, this would not be our fault. The only ones to blame are those attempting to circumvent the controls.

Take your chances, live with the consequences.

Stranger things have happened. Would you have imagined in 2018 that most of the world would come to a halt 2 years later, or that in Ireland people would be limited to 2.5km travel limits?

Or even 2 years ago, that places like Sweden would be doing a complete about turn on the issue, or that other countries are implementing measures that previously would have been considered unthinkable.

I'm not saying that Ireland will lead the way - we're already trailing behind the trend - but it's only a matter of time before "extreme measures" (as it'll no doubt be viewed by entities like advocacy groups and NGOs) follow here just as they have in other countries.

The situation of the past few years just can't continue. It's affecting everything and the consequences are becoming more visible by the month. It's only a matter of time.

Ask Hungary? LOL .

Barbed wire fence and soldiers would be their reply .

What makes you think Ireland should or would follow that regime in anything ?

Poland is swamped with Ukrainians so can't take refugees.

You talk about the Swiss and 24 hours processing for 4 African countries ..do they deport those they refuse straight away ?