"Migrants going to Ireland," states Rishi Sunak PM

Asylum seekers are not completely “un vetted” . They are fingered-printed and registered on arrival and searched for on international criminal databases. So they are more vetted than your average Joe Soap! This type of idea, that asylum seekers are all inherently dangerous, is rooted in racism.

"Ireland must return to the mainland UK."

@bombastix maybe your English is letting you down....

Wow well done for totally missing the context of "return"

Eh no thanks mate 😂we don't want to join the UK . We are an independent nation. Heads up we are an island just like you the "mainland" is Europe.

Give me a break. We have taken so many legal immigrants and has been doing so for 30 years, you think we owe an easier life to any illegal/ assylum seeker??

It may bore you but it's true.

Yes, Ireland could take the moral higher ground and be kind.

At the end of the day ireland should be kind. If the UK is no longer a safe place for them to go, they need to be cared for

Replaced? I guess we’ll see

Whoever it is will like that press. GE could resolve it whenever that is then we likely keep the extra people

Sunak won't be there for long, if today's election results are anything to go by!

True : )

maybe they’ll drop the returns part and just do the blaming

Sunak will be happy to have the press on how much it’s diverting people though

If UK policy is causing a problem here the govt will be more than happy to highlight it. They love to have someone to blame!

Yes you’ll still see immigration at the forefront, I think we all will, but the 80% plus returns line might disappear if it’s not resolvable

The issue of immigration is very much still forefront in the press here as I said previously.

They are working on faster processing. This is easier for asylum seekers from some countries more than others.

We have to remember that these are people at the end of the day, they have had to flee their homes and many are separated from their families. Looking at the photos is heartbreaking.

That is true it is but I mean the issue which prompted the headlines and claims that 80% were crossing from NI, which came from Ireland as a press release I assume

If the only option is direct returns as in pp then they may just quietly stop highlighting an unresolvable issue

The issue of immigrants is in the press here still and has been the case long before this blew up.
Sadly many did not have accommadion last night and had to sleep in tents.

It's a huge issue for all of Europe right now.

But you are talking about it in Ireland, it’s not really in the press much now here

You still feel you have the problem?

People are doing it now.
Rishi is talking about Ireland because it suits his narrative.
The other absoutley does not.

People could do that now but instead they are choosing Ireland, I’m wondering why that would change once it’s happening

The other thing is traffickers have better marketing and financing than almost anyone, if they see a profitable selling opportunity they’ll use it. And once you get networks selling a route it’s pretty much impossible to stop

Unless you go full Aus / Albania returns

I would get a bit real however on those cooperation timescales. Labour in power will be different from Labour in opposition, and probably this issue is not first on the list of things they want to do.

I would however expect them to a lot less publicly rude!

Yes the UK far right are delighted and will present it to suit their own narrative. There will be some who believe it.

But I think you are right and they will lose massively in the next GE.

@Evanna13 - yes the timescale is the next government now. It is very clear that there will not be any cooperation in the next six months or as long this UK government is in place. In fact they will just become more delighted by the reaction in Ireland which is a rare treat.

They are very right wing and they are likely to lose and very badly, but this particular hot button is going to be pressed every time Ireland talks about the UK in terms as if it were still as it was in the EU. For a Brexiteer it is a rare gift to see this discomfort in Ireland after their perception that Ireland weaponized the border. That is what is thought now.

It's not going to happen on a large scale, it's just a threat.
Ireland might see a small increase but most will remain in the UK disappearing into the system, never processed.

But you’re already seeing the result of the threat now with extra people

Why Will that change once it actually starts?

It's a storm in a teacup.
The threat is most likely to mean that asylum seekers will remain in the UK but not engage with authorities, not attend their meetings etc. Not ideal really.