One of the few politicians that doesn’t have their heads in the sand on this.
The number of asylum claims in the EU have decreased this year compared to last, while in Ireland, they will have doubled compared to last year.
Poland, a country with 7 times the population of Ireland will receive around half the total number of asylum seekers as Ireland this year.
Marzipan_civil on
Does that translate as “Ireland should be a less pleasant place to live”?
MrStarGazer09 on
“As I’ve already said, Ireland is experiencing the highest per capita rate of asylum-seeking in the EU. On top of an existing housing and homelessness crisis with a housing deficit of 300,000 homes, reduced rental opportunities and massive upward demand-led pressure on rents, Ireland is expected to cope with 25,000 or 30,000 asylum and international protection applicants each year. Every one of them arrives in Ireland by transiting through safe countries. That is simply not sustainable.
We are building tent towns in Ireland. But their legality and sustainability are already doubtful. We are now contemplating feeble measures including charging asylum seekers in employment €15 or €25 euro a week for non-tent emergency State accommodation. Even if carried into effect, such proposals are a pathetic, ineffectual response to the crisis.
No Irish Minister has even hinted that the Government is planning to build centres to detain asylum seekers pending adjudication of their claims, as is theoretically permissible under the much-vaunted EU migration pact. In the context of an open Irish-UK border and the Common Travel Area arrangements we enjoy with the UK, Ireland needs to tackle pull factors that are attracting asylum applicants to Ireland at the highest EU rate per capita. What are those factors? What do we do about them?
In retrospect, the Danes were very wise to opt out of most of the EU’s treaty provisions in relation to the area of freedom, justice and security. It is not that Danes are hard-hearted; it may be that they were simply hard-headed and could see around corners that were blind to other EU states. Ireland is heading into a winter in which these issues are going to be centre stage.”
Meanwhile, Sweden are paying people to leave. Germany have went to the extreme of bringing back in border controls on all it’s land borders, Hungary says it will bus any asylum seekers to brussells, the Netherlands are clamping down on the asylum system and Denmark confiscates people’s valuables to help pay towards maintaining them and also sends people back to countries once the situations have improved. We do not exist in a vacuum. Having policies which at least comparable to other EU countries is the only thing which will prevent Ireland being disproportionately targeted.
Being allowed to work 6 months after asylum claim is a huge pull factor. They should not be allowed to work until asylum has been granted
ImpovingTaylorist on
Apparently, our success was the problem we needed to tackle all along
Professional_Elk_489 on
Irish people are too nice and also too agreeable.
If Ireland was the worst place for asylum seekers to move to in Europe it would likely have the lowest numbers. However, that would be mean
Reflector123 on
We just need to be pragmatic
How many can we take in.
The Asylum process should not be used as a backdoor to a work visa. We need a good work/study visa program with limitations.
If you come claim bogus asylum you are restricted from work/ study visa program
The welfare system isn’t an endless supply we need more people paying in than using.
Driveby_Dogboy on
more ‘far-right’ rhetoric …
Mysterious_Half1890 on
We do what we’re told by the EU if they see leave them in that’s what we do for what ever reason that may be.
muttonwow on
The EU Migration Pact will help spread the load.
We can’t have the single most open land border into the EU, and try to go it alone like the Danish at the same time.
Motor_Mountain5023 on
1. Deport unsuccessful asylum seekers
2. Deport any asylum seeker who is convicted of a crime, before or after they are successful with asylum claim
3. Reduce the payment they get to 35e per week, whether or not they have accommodation
4. Stop giving the fuckers tents
5. Establish a proper deportation force.
aecolley on
I thought we Europeanised it, exactly to prevent this kind of monkey knife fight between member states.
RemnantOfSpotOn on
Ireland needs to tackle traders, painters, construction companies that come daily with their vans in front of both Citywest Hotel in Saggart and the one on the way to Blessington where they pick up cheap labour and pay them cash in hand for whatever illegal work they provide them. Could they be within “pull factor” i wonder
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Wake up honey, new IT bait post just dropped.
One of the few politicians that doesn’t have their heads in the sand on this.
The number of asylum claims in the EU have decreased this year compared to last, while in Ireland, they will have doubled compared to last year.
Poland, a country with 7 times the population of Ireland will receive around half the total number of asylum seekers as Ireland this year.
Does that translate as “Ireland should be a less pleasant place to live”?
“As I’ve already said, Ireland is experiencing the highest per capita rate of asylum-seeking in the EU. On top of an existing housing and homelessness crisis with a housing deficit of 300,000 homes, reduced rental opportunities and massive upward demand-led pressure on rents, Ireland is expected to cope with 25,000 or 30,000 asylum and international protection applicants each year. Every one of them arrives in Ireland by transiting through safe countries. That is simply not sustainable.
We are building tent towns in Ireland. But their legality and sustainability are already doubtful. We are now contemplating feeble measures including charging asylum seekers in employment €15 or €25 euro a week for non-tent emergency State accommodation. Even if carried into effect, such proposals are a pathetic, ineffectual response to the crisis.
No Irish Minister has even hinted that the Government is planning to build centres to detain asylum seekers pending adjudication of their claims, as is theoretically permissible under the much-vaunted EU migration pact. In the context of an open Irish-UK border and the Common Travel Area arrangements we enjoy with the UK, Ireland needs to tackle pull factors that are attracting asylum applicants to Ireland at the highest EU rate per capita. What are those factors? What do we do about them?
In retrospect, the Danes were very wise to opt out of most of the EU’s treaty provisions in relation to the area of freedom, justice and security. It is not that Danes are hard-hearted; it may be that they were simply hard-headed and could see around corners that were blind to other EU states. Ireland is heading into a winter in which these issues are going to be centre stage.”
Meanwhile, Sweden are paying people to leave. Germany have went to the extreme of bringing back in border controls on all it’s land borders, Hungary says it will bus any asylum seekers to brussells, the Netherlands are clamping down on the asylum system and Denmark confiscates people’s valuables to help pay towards maintaining them and also sends people back to countries once the situations have improved. We do not exist in a vacuum. Having policies which at least comparable to other EU countries is the only thing which will prevent Ireland being disproportionately targeted.
https://www.newsweek.com/sweden-offer-immigrants-34000-leave-country-1953451
Being allowed to work 6 months after asylum claim is a huge pull factor. They should not be allowed to work until asylum has been granted
Apparently, our success was the problem we needed to tackle all along
Irish people are too nice and also too agreeable.
If Ireland was the worst place for asylum seekers to move to in Europe it would likely have the lowest numbers. However, that would be mean
We just need to be pragmatic
How many can we take in.
The Asylum process should not be used as a backdoor to a work visa. We need a good work/study visa program with limitations.
If you come claim bogus asylum you are restricted from work/ study visa program
The welfare system isn’t an endless supply we need more people paying in than using.
more ‘far-right’ rhetoric …
We do what we’re told by the EU if they see leave them in that’s what we do for what ever reason that may be.
The EU Migration Pact will help spread the load.
We can’t have the single most open land border into the EU, and try to go it alone like the Danish at the same time.
1. Deport unsuccessful asylum seekers
2. Deport any asylum seeker who is convicted of a crime, before or after they are successful with asylum claim
3. Reduce the payment they get to 35e per week, whether or not they have accommodation
4. Stop giving the fuckers tents
5. Establish a proper deportation force.
I thought we Europeanised it, exactly to prevent this kind of monkey knife fight between member states.
Ireland needs to tackle traders, painters, construction companies that come daily with their vans in front of both Citywest Hotel in Saggart and the one on the way to Blessington where they pick up cheap labour and pay them cash in hand for whatever illegal work they provide them. Could they be within “pull factor” i wonder