Post #9649

Massive support already for a 'Rwanda type' plan in Ireland. That's a big vote winner. However, there are some problems with the UK deal which Ireland should not seek to replicate. Rwanda are refusing immigrants with criminal records, families or anyone under 18. That would need to change. Any children they had here would need to go too. Any plan should be retroactive back to at least 1997. As part of the UK deal, the UK said they would accept an unspecified number of the "most vulnerable refugees" currently in Rwanda. We obviously shouldn't sign up to anything like that. The UK is paying Rwanda an upfront payment of £120 million and £20K to £30k for each relocation. We could offer more considering the different terms. We paid €2.1 Billion just to house asylum seekers last year never mind the societal damage on top of everything else. This would solve our housing crisis too, freeing up all the homes we gave them. 🔗independent.ie 👉🏻join Late Stage Ireland