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| Half of Irish population now want migrant checkpoints at the Northern Ireland border to slow asylum... |
| 2024-05-07 |
| [Daily Mail, where America gets its news]…seekers arrivals from Britain, poll finds as anti-immigration protests take place in Dublin. Fifty per cent of respondents told the Sunday Independent and Ireland Thinks they would support checkpoint measures to limit the number of asylum seekers arriving from Britain, with 82 per cent backing deportations back to the UK. With tented communities continuing to grow in Dublin, as many as 40 per cent of poll respondents added that they would support Ireland having a policy similar to Britain's Rwanda scheme - with 42 per cent opposing the measures. The Irish public has reacted strongly to the increased migrations levels, with Dublin today playing host to a major protest against housing asylum seekers. Images from the scene show large crowds of people draped in the Irish flag and holding a variety of placards and banners that read 'Irish Lives Matter' and 'We Want Our Country Back' as they gathered at the Garden of Remembrance in the north inner city this afternoon before marching down O'Connell Street and onto the Custom House where speeches were made. Footage and photographs from the mass demonstration show swathes of furious locals marching down the street chanting 'Ole, Ole, Ole, Ole', 'out, out, out' and 'our streets'. Other signs spotted amid the crowds were 'Ireland belongs to the Irish', 'Irish Civil Rights', 'Stop the WHO pandemic treaty', 'Mass deportations', and 'Economic Migrants are not refugees' among others. Local groups from Coolock and Newtownmountkennedy - where protests have been hosted recently against building used to home international protection applicants - were also represented. Shocking photos from Monday's protest showed some protesters wearing hoodies and balaclavas, as they passed the GPO where around 200 people staged a counter-protest 'united against racism'. Those attending the counter-protest waved Palestinian flags which read: 'No to far-right lies and racism'. Others read: 'Homes for people, homes for all,' 'War creates refugees,' and 'Welcome all refugees'. Between them and those marching from the Garden of Remembrance stood a line of gardai. A strong Garda presence, including members of the Public Order Unit, was in place well in advance of the protest. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #1 The other half wants to emigrate to America? |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-05-07 09:03 |