"Migrants going to Ireland," states Rishi Sunak PM

Ireland are taking plenty of asylum seekers and refugees already. They do not have capacity to take further huge numbers escaping from the UK too.
The UK government have thrown Ireland under the bus with Brexit. It has had huge negative implications for the Irish economy. And now they are happy to send all their asylum seekers to Ireland.
It is a shame because UK /Ireland relations had improved significantly before Brexit but since then the UK government has acted absolutely atrociously.

Yep. This myth perseveres

There’s no great return policy that EU countries have ever used to anything more than an insignificant number

The EU still tell each other no with Dublin III in place

France didn't take them when we were in the EU

Tbh the handling of this is classic Morton's fork. Ireland will have ri decide whether the disrupt the WF for immigration purposes.

If Ireland want a porous border (they do) then migration will also be an issue. A lot of Brexiteers wanted a hard border and total control over goods checks away from the border. Even then because the border is so informal these checks would be near useless from a migration point of view.

This is my worry, that it will bring back all the hard/soft border arguments that Brexit caused. Such a difficult issue to resolve satisfactorily.

An infrastructure designed for 3m people

One of the effects of this is that for Ireland, they will be given a choice as to how tough they are about policing the border between ROI/NI. The UK will keep it open. A lot of Brexiteer people wanted a hard border. ROI may give them it by the back door depending on how this is handled.

Oh, I didn’t pick up on that.

I read that as sarcasm maybe

On another note the ‘loophole’ part of the statement is also odd. Countries with tougher policy will have fewer people than those with more lax policy.

As for the EU policy it looks like June elections will shift to the right due to this issue

Does Ireland not have a racism problem then?

Well looks like the EU is quite keen on sending people to a third country, the Europeans Peoples Party leader has expressed support for the idea so Ireland can probably avail itself of that soon enough 🙄.

The thing is the EU doesn’t have a return agreement with the UK, they refused one so it may be difficult legally for Ireland to send them back to the UK as the migrants are now on EU soil.

It’s such an utter mess.

It's because the UK is racist, while monocultural tax haven Ireland is just doing what needs to be done.

The emergency law will not work. Ireland will need an agreement with the UK as a third country and it is very unlikely to get one.

The key thing is that NI/ROI border is soft. Even if Ireland try to return migrants reentry will be swift.

I imagine what will happen is that quietly Ireland will uptick the number of refusals and returns but to France. The cycle will repeat again

I’m not sure about the emergency law. Why can they but other EU countries not do the same?

Every country will have to deal with asylum seekers as they see fit.

The UK has chosen the Rwanda policy.

Ireland, France and any other country will have to make their own decision over what to do.

Exactly. And it’s not like they don’t have room. They have a population of about 5 million, compared to our 70 million. What’s the problem exactly?

Rishi says many things. Doesn't mean I have to listen to them.

Report from the Irish Times of 22/04:
A total of 6,069 people sought asylum between January 1st and April 12th, an increase of almost 80 per cent on numbers from the comparable period for 2023. A third of all applicants, 2,053, are citizens of one country, Nigeria.

It was this report that led to the hand wringing of Irish politicians all last week, to which Sunak responded this weekend.

Full report:
https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2024/04/22/migration-system-may-be-tightened-over-spike-in-international-protection-applicants/

Indeed. They are so progressive now compared to the backward UK (the decades of virtual theocracy having been conveniently erased) - surely they must be delighted with the opportunity to demonstrate this.

I don't have strong views either way, but I feel I must really be missing something here.

So when migrants go to France or Italy - safe, wealthy, prosperous countries; but then prefer to continue on and make their way to the UK - also a safe, wealthy, prosperous country, the UK is disgraceful for not wanting them - and the UK is at fault.

But when migrants come to the UK, but then prefer to continue on and make their way to the RoI - also a safe, wealthy, prosperous country, the UK is still disgraceful, because Ireland also don't want them - and the UK is still at fault?

This is very funny. Living under a fucking rock indeed.

Ireland is a wealthy, welcoming country we have been told for decades now. This is a nice chance for them to live up to their reputation

I sincerely hope you're not in charge of the welcoming committee for the poor souls who are risking their lives in boats to get into your country. I'd also love to know your familial background and whether any of your family have ever needed to emigrate.