Midlands-North-West European Election candidate Peter Casey has said “The madness must stop with illegal immigrants causing chaos in Dublin” and is now calling for the International Protection Office on Mount Street to be temporarily closed down and a six-month moratorium on accepting asylum seekers.
“The current situation is completely out of control,” Peter Casey observed.
He said, “I was shocked, appalled, and deeply saddened when I visited both the International Protection Office – which is now an eyesore with it being fenced-off – and witnessed first-hand at the weekend the appalling sight of hundreds of tents along the Grand Canal which has turned a national treasure into a national disgrace.”
He continued, “The recent High Court decision means that Northern Ireland and, of course, the Midlands North West will be overrun by illegal migrants hoping to avoid being deported to Rwanda.
“If we place a moratorium on all applications, there will be no need to have the International Protection Office. The crisis will then become the English government’s problem as asylum seekers will start returning to London.”
He said that the European Union should be opening immigrant offices across all the troubled hotspots where the majority of asylum seekers are coming from, such as Nigeria, Georgia, Somalia, Zimbabwe, Afghanistan, and North Africa.
“These offices would allow refugees to apply for asylum in Europe. The authorities could then consider each case on an individual basis and vet them in a swift manner to decide who merits entry to the EU. They would then be fairly allocated on a lottery basis to the different EU countries. The reality is most migrants want to go to Ireland because, along with Malta, we are now the only two English-speaking countries in the EU.
“I am surprised that nobody in the Irish government, including all the Irish MEPS, has not called for such a plan to be implemented.”
The former Dragon Dens’ star also said, “Ireland has given refuge to over 100K Ukrainian refugees, five times more than the UK and we simply cannot take in any more Ukrainian refugees or asylum seekers, until we have the infrastructure to accommodate them. At the moment, people cannot get the healthcare support they need and deserve. There is a housing crisis and a healthcare crisis.
“The lack of action from major political parties on the migration issue is bizarre. If elected, I promise to advocate vigorously for policies that not only address immediate concerns but also strengthen the integrity of our immigration system.”
The Irish businessman also made a point of adding that “Ireland is crying out for skilled labour”. He concluded, “We have a shortage of skilled labour such as nurses and doctors, for example. The more medical professionals we can attract, the more it would help ease the crisis in our health system. We need more tradesmen. Our children are leaving because they do not see a future in Ireland. We need people who will put their shoulder to the wheel, not economic migrants and certainly not illegal migrants.
“If I am elected in the upcoming election, I will be proposing such common sense approaches to the European Parliament.
“The Midlands North West constituency needs a true independent voice in Brussels to ensure Ireland doesn’t remain a soft touch in this ongoing refugees’ crisis, which is an all-Ireland problem. That is why I am asking for your number one vote on Friday, June 7.”