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It’s always interesting when actions have consequences. Post Brexit, the Irish Government insisted that it was essential that the border with Northern Ireland remained wide open. There were all sorts of threats to the UK Government to ensure this happened and sadly, they capitulated.
And so it is that there is an invisible border.
What, you may ask, could go wrong with this?
Well…
About 87% of people seeking international protection in the Republic of Ireland have come from across the border with Northern Ireland, according to the Irish justice minister. Jim O’Callaghan said this data has been provided to him by officials in the Irish Department of Justice. The comments come as the Irish government backed plans to reduce asylum seeker supports at a meeting of senior ministers on Wednesday. These include charges of accommodation for asylum seekers with jobs, tighter family reunification rules and lengthening the time needed to apply for citizenship. O’Callaghan said that if people are not applying for asylum at the airport, the “strong likelihood” is that they are applying after coming over the border.”
I think this is called Karma, or at least unintended consequences!
The Irish Republic is a magnet for these “asylum seekers” who just hop on the bus in Belfast, arrive in Dublin, and then claim the goodies. Look at the differences.
Word travels fast with these on-the-make migrant opportunists and they have concluded that the Irish Republic is their destination of choice. Without a border, there is nothing to stop them coming and the Irish insist there must not be a border. So they complain about a problem that they have caused. No sympathy given.
