“The political optics of this would be poor”
€4.2 million wasted on failed IPAS project
Department of Justice funding shared between 117 groups
Two shocking crimes, both with their roots in migration policy.
Until the west wakes up, this problem will get worse and worse. If it is not, that said, too late already.
“We know we’re going to see higher levels of migration going forward.”
Integration Minister Roderic O’Gorman announced “additional funding” to help “receive and accommodate” asylum seekers in #Budget2025. Asked how much the State has spent already on asylum accommodation since the start of the Ukraine war, he replied: “I can get that for you.”
Minister Roderic O’Gorman was asked for his message to locals who don’t want an IPAS in their area, even after “community engagement”. O’Gorman said that “after the initial arrival of [asylum seekers], everything settles down,” because people’s “worst fears are never realised.”
‘Unprecedented’ level of migration
“For Roderic O’Gorman to send down heavy-handed men to push people and shove women and children is totally wrong…what happened could have been avoided”: Roscrea locals discuss asylum centre controversy.
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