Immigration and Ireland - MEGATHREAD *Mod Note Added 02/09/25*

Those asylum seekers coming from the UK should be sent back most are visa overstayers ,student overstayers ,from safe countries , those with failed asylum claims and those who entered illegally . I suspect asylum seekers are being waved through to here like the French do with the UK . Poland has stopped asylum seeker applications as Belarus was dumping them what makes Ireland any different .

Faster processing it must make sense to employ more decision makers surely it would save more than accommodation costs .

Of course its better to see our government talking sense than not.

But untill i see secure detention centres being built and other actual deterrents being implemented its all just politicking.

When it comes to anything the leaders or even party members of Fianna Fail and Fine Gael say, it is not to believed. We have been here many times before when they say things like they did in the last election but never actually do anything. Both Harris and Martin haven't an ounce of creditability left at this stage they have lied so much and delivered very little, well except to those connected to them.

Which is why I always have to take a deep breath when I hear people going on about something being a priority because it’s in the PPG. One of those pieces of fiction will undoubtedly win the Pulitzer prize at some point in the future

At least my sister has the expertise to help them administer their drugs properly, when she is sharing a bedroom with them (bad joke).

The madness never ends! In the news: "Limerick resident" stabs a German tourist, but not to worry it's just a cry for help and then a rep on from the Social Democrats is given airtime to berate the government for the refugee crisis, obviously just build more houses for them.

Was he given a deportation order? Surely to jaysus if you stab someone and you are a guest in the country then you should be deported. We are way too soft a touch. Ridiculous.

He has won the lottery.

Our justice system is a joke. We don't even have curfews or electronic tagging. Many offences occur while suspects are on bail.

Separately. 12 minutes in below, Ivan Yates says an official in the bureaucracy told him that without immigrants, the numbers of homeless would be about 12000. The official numbers of homeless in October 2025 are 16350.

Also 23 minutes in, he says that two thirds of asylum applicants in Ireland have already been refused asylum in another EU country.

AOR and those like him just prove how they are ideologues on this particular issue.

If you aren’t for every Tom, Dick and Mohamed coming from the 4 corners of the globe, then you can’t also be of the opinion that immigration on the whole is a good thing. As if having a sensible immigration policy isn’t possible, we just have to let the flood gates open to anyone who wants to come, no matter their nationality or creed, whether they have criminal backgrounds or not etc, etc.

Ordinary people are really starting to get fed up of this, it’s starting to get nasty and no amount of damage control from Harris and the rest of FFG is going to change that.

The £ 3000 the UK gives to return asylum seekers is being abused using Ireland to return to the UK . This is something that has not been reported in Irish news . Reeks of the soft touch and benefit of the doubt .

https://www.msn.com/en-ie/money/other/illegal-migrants-get-3-000-bribes-to-return-home-then-boast-how-easy-it-is-to-sneak-back-in/ar-AA1PDB69?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=690720693bc240bbb278e15268f49edb&ei=83

The RTE report stated that it was minor damage but its being blown out of proportion to blame the far right for what is an attack by ramdom vandals . I dont remember such a level of condemnation when centers were actually burned out .

https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/uknews/louth-ipas-centre-fire-was-arson-attack-say-gardai/ar-AA1PEs8R?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=c620a96609d94f97cf96c8dd0ad2b302&ei=114

State could potentially run out of accommodation by end of November.

A leaked note from the Department of Justice said that at least 50 Ukrainian people are arriving in Ireland each day, and it comes as Ukraine changed its laws to allow men aged 18-24 to leave the country.

The note said that Ireland’s capacity could be "exhausted" by the end of November.

The Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan has confirmed that the amount of time Ukrainians who are fleeing the war are given in State accommodation will be looked at and potentially reduced from 90 days to 30.

Among other changes being looked at include refusing to accommodate those who came to Ireland via a second country, or who had previously been granted temporary protection in another EU country.

Those measures could be brought in soon, while other longer-term changes like reducing and then winding down the Accommodation Recognition Payment scheme will be looked at.

The scheme allows people hosting Ukrainian refugees a €600 tax-free payment per month.

CEO of the Irish Refugee Council Nick Henderson said he was really concerned that the proposed changes were leaked to the press, saying that it was unhelpful for Ukrainian people living here as well as those who support them.

"But it’s the content that we have real concerns about, particularly the proposal that the accommodation recognition payment, which is hosting probably more than 40,000 people from Ukraine across Ireland in peoples’ homes and spare rooms – that that might be wound down," he said.

"Ukrainian people here don’t really have any other options, they’re not entitled to the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) and they’re not entitled to social housing."

Mr Henderson said he does not believe someone fleeing war could easily find somewhere else to go after 30 days, particularly in a "very stretched rental market".

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2025/1101/1541677-ukrainians-accommodation/

The government must be under real pressure with accommodation seeing as O Callaghan is suggesting the 90 day limit for Ukrainians will be reduced to 30 days.

The problem is there is no way of knowing who is fleeing the part of Ukraine the Russians are bombing and who is coming here from parts of the country that has no fighting but just want to go to Ireland for economic reasons.

Agreed, there are reliable carers then there are the completely unsuitable opportunists from certain regions using the occupation as a way to get them and their families into the country.

A Very Important lesson from the Anglosphere must be heeded by the Irish now before we end up in the same fate as England, Canada etc.

https://x.com/arctotherium42/status/1984598368174170189

To quote the summary

Anglosphere economic management:

1) Admit millions of immigrants to attract 'top global talent'

2) This ruins the country

3) 'Top global talent' no longer wants to come

4) There's nothing left to fall back on