The Republic of Ireland and their tensions with migrants.

There are many of our own homeless citizens living in tents and I would put their needs first.

The only ones in tents are the asylum seekers that have been given refugee status so must then leave their free accommodation but they can work and have access to universal credit.So they’re the lucky ones who have been accepted here.
Their tents will only be temporary if they’re willing to work.

zakouma66

Katie59

zakouma66

We have people seeking asylum and refugees living in tents in England?

No we put them up in hotels with all found, far better conditions than they have left in the countries they travel from or the conditions they have had travelling we are far too soft, and seen as a soft touch.

No, many are in tents.
news.sky.com/story/huge-rise-in-refugees-sleeping-rough-after-home-office-cuts-notice-period-to-leave-accommodation-13013780

Maybe life is not as easy as they expected a barge in port or a barrack block sounds nicer.

As McGuirk points out, immigrants are far more likely to be coming to Ireland because of Irish immigration policy, not the UK’s. The Irish could emulate the British and make a deal with Rwanda, as Denmark, an EU country has contemplated. In fact, in its desire to be popular, Ireland has become a softer touch even than the UK.

Maybe some of this international tension is a storm in a teacup. Or a glass of Guinness.

Simon Harris, the new Taoiseach, goaded by Sinn Fein, clearly feels bound to square up to the Brits. As the Irish commentator John McGuirk put it, “the auld enemy has once again been rustled out from the back of the political cupboard, donned in the butcher’s apron [a rude description of the UK flag], and cast as the oppressor of all things good and decent and celtic.”

Katie59

zakouma66

We have people seeking asylum and refugees living in tents in England?

No we put them up in hotels with all found, far better conditions than they have left in the countries they travel from or the conditions they have had travelling we are far too soft, and seen as a soft touch.

No, many are in tents.
news.sky.com/story/huge-rise-in-refugees-sleeping-rough-after-home-office-cuts-notice-period-to-leave-accommodation-13013780

Well said tickingbird.
The comment was offensive, antisemitic actually.

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zakouma66

We have people seeking asylum and refugees living in tents in England?

No we put them up in hotels with all found, far better conditions than they have left in the countries they travel from or the conditions they have had travelling we are far too soft, and seen as a soft touch.

We have people seeking asylum and refugees living in tents in England?

Ireland maybe realises now how bad things have been here, mainly in England.They wanted to be in the EU and free movement of people after all.A bit more free movement than they expected now.
At least we don’t treat illegal immigrants like they, and some other countries do, tents and no facilities, disgusting.

zakouma66

*An unnecessary and inflammatory remark zakouma66*.

Are you running the show then?

I thought you were, judging by the amount of comments by you saying other posts were vile and threatening to report as ‘hate crimes’.

Back to Ireland. Have you read about Roscrae??
Blimey O’Reilly.

zakouma66

*An unnecessary and inflammatory remark zakouma66*.

Are you running the show then?

No. The moderators do.

HousePlantQueen

Greta

MayBee70, I believe you are right but for some reason we don't want to remind people about that...

And yet those who voted for Brexit will now vote for Reform. An example of the triumph of hope over experience perhaps

Brexit was never done properly by the Conservatives. I was so disappointed in Boris.

Reform has the UK’s interests at heart. That’s why I shall vote for them.

Now just stop this - whipping up a storm by bringing in persons of colour as though that what some of us are against when we talk about migrants. Note: migrants.
I don’t use the term illegal.
Migration figures are too high. That’s the issue at stake. Not their colour. Although fanatical Islamists are a real concern. Look at Germany! Fanatics calling for a ‘caliphate’ there.
Yikes.
Ungrateful lot.

Then you need to go boil your head zakouma6.

GrannyGravy13

Zakouma66 your yellow star remark is in extremely poor taste, even more so with the war in the Middle East.

I don't see any distinction between that and " illegals"

I wonder what the people complaining about "illegals" would have thought of DH's grandfather, who walked from Italy to Wales along with many others at the end of the 19th century. All single young men looking for work. He then walked back to London and disappeared into Little Italy. Would the fact that he looked like us have outweighed the fact that he couldn't speak English?

Good post Deedaa. Your last sentence is particularly pertinent. I don’t remember lots of threads on GN criticising Ukrainians fleeing the war when they were (quite rightly) given refuge in the UK. But then they look like ‘us’ don’t they.

Zakouma66 your yellow star remark is in extremely poor taste, even more so with the war in the Middle East.

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An unnecessary and inflammatory remark zakouma66.

Are you running the show then?

Urmstongran

Dear EU,

We are very happy with Brexit - please tell your Irish colony to wind its neck in, Varadkar caused the friction and now it is paying the price.

The UK

Dear Urmstongran

Many of us are not very happy with Brexit, nor people like you who speak for us. Kindly sign your “letter” from you!

Kindest regards
Cossy

Greta

MayBee70, I believe you are right but for some reason we don't want to remind people about that...

And yet those who voted for Brexit will now vote for Reform. An example of the triumph of hope over experience perhaps

An unnecessary and inflammatory remark zakouma66.

Moving on …

Ireland has only 5 million people, and the percentage of people foreign-born is approaching 25%. Ireland's government thinks that's just fine, and want to continue by joining the EU migration pact, even though they cold opt out. The Irish people have become aware of the kind of people they have put in power, and there is now a rebellion.

The Irish government thinks they can mollify the public by sending some migrants back to the UK. It's not that they don't want anymore migrants; they do. But the current situation can give them some political cover, by stirring up UK/Ireland antagonisms, and they're grabbing at it.