Familie, die in Cork lebte, gehörte zu den Personen, die Gardaí bei der Abschiebeaktion aufgegriffen hatte

The ten with criminal convictions fair enough but there were those who were integrating. To quote the Greens it does seem ICE like

No direct flights from south Africa to Ireland, so Ireland was not the first place they could claim asylum. 

Yes a lot were Integrating, but only because they prolonged their stays by exhausting every avenue of appeal. 

I feel really sorry for the kids, their parents shouldn’t have dragged them half way around the world to try and defraud our asylum system. 

I am very much for an open door where there are genuine asylum seekers in need of help, I hate that those truly in need get caught up in bad feeling, delays and limited resources because of bad actors.

And while I’m on a rant, I should also says that bad actors include lawyers making a living off foundless immigration appeals and point scoring politicians. 

What a lot of people here miss is that South Africa is a safe country. Both individual cases mentioned in the article were simply victims of crime, not state prosecution or the like. Crime alone is not basis for refugee status.

It’s like claiming refugee status in Canada saying that your were attacked by feral teenagers in Dublin. Is there a demonstrable problem regarding this in the country? Sure. Does it warrant you fleeing the country? No.

S’Africa is on the other side of the planet, it isn’t at war, and is not a responsibility of Ireland – to cater for all it’s citizens who just fancy coming here for the excess rain etc.