Asylum seekers don’t have right of residence
He should look at asylum policy throughout Western Europe.
While many of us marvel at the fact that asylum seekers manage to find their way to our shores from such far-flung places as Nigeria, The Congo, Ukraine, etc, without setting foot in a safe country before they reach our shores, the fact is that when they do arrive we seem to take a softer stance.
That is why we consistently receive far more applications per capita than many other European countries .
The granting of asylum is a special right designed solely to give solace and refuge to those fleeing state persecution. It is not a means of seeking a better life. It is not a chance to improve economic conditions and it does not confer any right to live and work wherever one wishes.
Surely the experience of Irish illegals in America shows us that every country has the right to determine who should live in it through its citizenship and residency rules.
Unfortunately, the vast majority of applications we receive are from economic refugees seeking asylum. Their cases are processed, with exceptional care and sensitivity, and over 90% are found to have no basis in fact.
Immigration is a serious matter; it deeply affects all aspects of society. In the case of Ireland, between the last two censuses, the non-national proportion of the population has gone from a percentage so tiny it couldn’t be measured to over 5%.
Once that level is reached, in addition to the high level of illegal residency through failed asylum seekers disappearing into the general population, it becomes apparent that Ireland will face a difficult next 100 to 200 years.
We have a raft of legislation aimed solely at forcing us to be kind to and accepting of non-nationals. If multiracial societies were so great, why would we need laws to force us to accept other races? The answer, of course, is that the vast majority of us prefer to live in a homogenous society.
The Arab world aggressively defends its racial and cultural integrity. There are no Christian churches are in the Gulf states. They fiercely defend their culture and race, so why shouldn’t we?
Richard Ashton
Island View
Malahide
Co Dublin
