L’Irlanda deve affrontare i “fattori di attrazione” che attraggono i richiedenti asilo – The Irish Times

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.

“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.”

Apparently, our success was the problem we needed to tackle all along

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.