“We don’t know who he is.”
Syrian national of no fixed abode
Stephen Bedford
“I didn’t tweet in the way that you say”: Roderic O’Gorman previously shared a document in 8 languages saying Ireland would provide own-door accommodation for asylum seekers. Ben Scallan asks if this was a pull factor that contributed to the subsequent asylum seeker influx.
“Nobody has a right of veto to say who lives near them.”
“I’m not sorry for a second”: When asked about Ireland’s generous benefits system serving as a “pull factor” for migrants, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says he’s “not sorry for a second” that his government took in as many asylum seekers as they did. Question by Ben Scallan. #gript
“Sometimes people have their application for refugee status refused, but they will be granted leave to remain”: Taoiseach Leo Varadkar admits that some migrants are allowed to stay in Ireland even after their asylum claim is rejected, even if “they’re not genuine refugees.” #gript
“Bertie should have been charged for crimes…people are tired of traditional politics”: Peter Casey talks Bertie Ahern’s return, hate speech laws, gender ideology in schools, should Ireland leave the EU, and how he thinks the President could have ended the lockdown restrictions. View all this and more on Gript: #gript
‘It’s getting worse’
Fine Gael Junior Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill says that Ireland is “very lucky & privileged” to be a net contributor to the EU & able to “support our European friends” through the billions of euros invested into refugee accommodation.
Listowel, Coothill, Dublin Airport,
“I don’t give a sh*t about diversity”: Artist Kevin Sharkey on the East Wall immigration protests, the EU, hate speech laws and more.