EU Migration Pact It seems some people are taking issue with my reference to Ireland having to take a minimum of 30,000...
EU Migration Pact
It seems some people are taking issue with my reference to Ireland having to take a minimum of 30,000 asylum seekers annually. To be clear, I stand by this statement. Others want to make reference to minimum quotas, without giving an opinion on what those quotas might be.
My figure of 30,000 comes from a review of the number of asylum seekers who entered the EU in 2023 (which was 1.14m) and breaking this figure down evenly between the 27 EU Member States - which would give you a figure of approximately 42,222.
This figure of 42,222 could easily increase:
1) given that at least 3 of those 27 countries (Hungary, Poland and Czech Republic) are unlikely to accept any asylum seekers - meaning the figure of 42,222 increases to 47,500; and
2) because the actual quota set for each country will be dependant on each countries population and GDP - neither of which will be helpful to Ireland, in terms of keeping our quota down.
Many people will want you to believe that the figure of 30,000 is the maximum that any country can ask the other EU Member States to take and this is simply not true. The agenda behind the EU Migration Pact is to dilute the national sovereignty of each State, and spreading 30,000 asylum seekers between 27 countries will not achieve that.
My figure of 30,000 is a conservative estimate.
Listen to your gut on this one and remember how many times these people have lied to you in the past.
23 April 2024