The largest anti-immigration demonstration to date was held in Dublin on Monday, with demonstrators denouncing the neoliberal Irish government’s open borders policy.
Thousands of people took to the streets of Dublin holding placards that read “Ireland belongs to the Irish,” “Irish civil rights,” “mass deportations,” “economic migrants are not refugees,” and “Irish lives matter.” It appeared on. Anti-immigrant sentiment continues to rise across the Emerald Isle; journal report.
Crowds welcomed participants in local protests such as Newtown Mt. Kennedy, Glyptomedia reportIrish police attracted national attention after they used shields and pepper spray to quell protests over reported plans to set up a migrant camp in a small county Wicklow town.
The sheer scale of asylum seekers flooding into Ireland has forced the government to admit it no longer has room to house migrants while they seek asylum, with hundreds forced to camp out on the streets of Dublin. Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris says:have explained as a “slums”.
DUBLIN, IRELAND – MAY 6: Thousands of Irish protesters gather in Dublin city center for an anti-mass immigration protest, starting from the Garden of Remembrance, on May 6, 2024 in Dublin, Ireland. I continued on to O’Connell Street. (Photo credit: Artur Widak/NurPhoto, Getty Images)
Remarkably, the protest saw demonstrators slamming the IRA-linked Sinn Féin party, chanting “Sinn Féin are traitors”. Pro-Irish unity parties have come under increasing criticism for largely aligning with the government on immigration, rather than supporting stricter regulations or withdrawing from the EU’s asylum policy.
Speaking from the scene of the protest, Irish Liberal Party leader Hermann Kelly told GB News: And now there is room for nationalist parties such as the Irish Liberal Party to emerge, believing in the democratic self-determination of the Irish people.
“They believe in EU membership and subordination to the EU. And we are against all of that.
“Ireland has an opt-out system for judiciary and home affairs, so they can say no to the EU immigration deal, for example, because they want to be first in class and follow the example of the real masters in Brussels. I wouldn’t say no to Brussels.”
DUBLIN, Ireland — Large crowds gather in the capital to protest against the surge in illegal immigrants entering the country. Most of the migrants are men from the Middle East and Africa, who are smuggled into Ireland through Western Europe. pic.twitter.com/gPANCsWkCv
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Ireland has long been one of Europe’s most pro-immigration countries, but major demographic changes have led its people to oppose the open borders policy favored by Dublin’s liberal elites. Eight in 10 people in Ireland believe there are too many immigrants, and 20 per cent of the country’s population, or more than 1 million people, are foreign-born, compared to 2006, according to a survey conducted in April by Amarach Research. This is an increase from 420,000 people.
In November, riots erupted in Dublin after an illegal immigrant allegedly stabbed five people, including three young children, at an Irish Gaelic school, sparking anger over mass immigration policies.
After the riot, Fianna Fáil councilor and Limerick Metropolitan Chairman Azad Talukder sparked outrage when he said of the rioters: ”
8 in 10 believe there are too many immigrants in Ireland https://t.co/O7hCpiXpHf
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