Post #9780

The government has been telling us that Ireland would be obliged to have 650 asylum seekers relocated here from other EU member states (or pay a fine) based on our GDP & population figures under the EU Pact on Asylum & Migration, but that's not really the truth. I heard it discussed on one of RTÉ's weekend shows a couple of weeks back and they went into the details. The number of asylum seekers that Ireland would be expected to process per year using our current economic indicators is 13,927. The 650 figure was calculated based on the number of asylum seekers which arrived here last year: 13,227. They subtracted 13,227 from 13,927 to give a figure of 650. If, for example, zero asylum seekers arrived in Ireland 2026, we would be obliged to have 13,927 asylum seekers relocated here, based on our current economic indicators, or pay a fine of at least €279 Million. 🔗x.com 👉🏻join Late Stage Ireland