Surge in number of people charged with arriving into Ireland without a passport

https://www.thejournal.ie/asylum-seekers-passports-prosecuted-6464796-Aug2024/

Posted by PoppedCork

9 Comments

  1. theblowestfish on

    Sounds like that contravenes international law. And unnecessarily. The numbers are so small.

  2. badger-biscuits on

    ““Ultimately”, he continued, “this policy does not prevent anyone from being able to apply for international protection. It merely adds to overcrowding in our prisons, is a drain on already stretched resources in the criminal justice system and criminalises people seeking protection in our country”.”

    They have a point, because they can still claim protection after a few weeks in prison. The alternative is a tent along the canal.

    Whole thing is fucked

  3. They did the populist thing but it’s a complete waste of time and resources that stops zero asylum seekers. Who could have guessed?

  4. The rationale for this is that FG can try say they are doing something while at the same time they are allowing Nazis riot with impunity and are operating a hands off policy.

    It’s not a good look criminalising people looking for protection, waving through hundreds of thousands of white Ukrainians who don’t meet the criteria for Protection all the while allowing racists and nazis burn down accommodation designated for people looking for protection.

  5. How did someone that arrived in Ireland without a passport get on the plane of origin? It doesn’t make any sense.

  6. Dangerous-Shirt-7384 on

    We should just do the same thing Australia does i.e. cancel the VISA and turn them around at the airport.

    Its not the Irish taxpayers responsibility to house and feed every poor person that manages to rock up in Dublin without a passport.

  7. MrStarGazer09 on

    Well, they kind of need to try to deter people from doing it as it’s become a massive problem.

    Even just from the standpoint of assessing applications, it makes that much more difficult and complicated. If they want to deport someone too, it makes that extremely challenging. And reports have suggested, many (not all) do it to make deportations more difficult.

  8. AdvancedJicama7375 on

    You need a passport to get on any plane coming into Ireland. This means people are losing them or destroying them on purpose on the flight