This is the nearest town where we do most of our shopping, banking, etc. I live outside a tiny rural village with only a post office and a convenience store. Roscrea is pretty much where we do everything. They are saying the first group to arrive are women and children. If so, I will know soon because my housemate is in contact with people who donate knitting needles and supplies to migrant/refugee centers. If it is only women and children, we might do something ourselves.
The indications are that a second or third lot of single men may be added. This hotel is about five miles from the city itself. So, while the ladies and their kids will have problems getting supplies, their kids in school, or to GP appointments, the single men probably will be able to walk into town where, since they have almost no money, they can hang out, and that isn't a good look.
I will keep a local eye on this situation and see what happens. Most people don't mind the women and kids (I don't), especially if they are fully supported. Heck, I'll help tutor English if I get a chance. But if this turns out to be a cover for bringing in a few families and then dumping a whole lot of single, Middle Eastern, and African men, I will be aware of that too.
The serious issue is that the government keeps dumping large numbers of people in small towns and villages that don't have the resources to cope. In this case, five miles from things like bus stops or a grocery store. Also, ALL the GPs in the area are full, as are the schools (as far as I know). Will they bring in doctors and start up a one-room schoolhouse at the hotel?
This will be "interesting" to watch, and trust me I will be doing so.
Well, if it is ladies and kids, I may be able to help (along with housemates) with things like knitting and spoken English tutoring. I did research at the University into foreign student and immigrant subcultures. The way you assimilate people properly is to get them to speak the local language and keep them active as soon as possible, followed by employment or, in the case of a refugee Mother with several kids, contact with others so that when her children are a bit older, she can work and has friends in the community.You can watch the invasion, Melodi, but like us there's not a thing you can do about it. Really.
While this is part of the problem in Ireland, the crisis is the sudden influx of about 160,000 Ukrainians, most of whom are women and kids. Most people don't mind them, but they have been used by the government as a "cover" to sneak "migrant centers" full of single men into small communities that can't support them. Even communities that do welcome women and kids (from anywhere, especially when they are real refugees) are left hanging because they don't have the resources to support more people, and the government doesn't provide much of anything to help them cope either. Things like school places, extra medical services, and public transportation.The World Economic Forum's Agenda 2030 might be a masterstroke in employing the Cloward-Piven strategy on Western nations. The orchestrated chaos, that the WEF, under the guise of global cooperation, is strategically promoting mass migration from third-world nations to overload Western countries. This influx would then create a colossal burden on social welfare systems, ultimately leading to a crisis that demands a drastic overhaul of policies, aligning with the WEF's envisioned global governance. This grand plot is nothing short of a Cloward-Piven ballet on the global stage, with the WEF pulling the strings to engineer a seismic shift in political and economic landscapes.
This is the nearest town where we do most of our shopping, banking, etc. I live outside a tiny rural village with only a post office and a convenience store. Roscrea is pretty much where we do everything. They are saying the first group to arrive are women and children. If so, I will know soon because my housemate is in contact with people who donate knitting needles and supplies to migrant/refugee centers. If it is only women and children, we might do something ourselves.
Well, plenty of Irish women and kids relocated to the US during the waves of wars before Independence and during the Irish Civil War. Ditto; many men had to go into exile when one side or the other was on top for a time.That is what is known in the trade as a Soft Invasion.
IT'S STILL A FREAKIN' INVASION!!!
I'd not help at all if I valued the dirt under my feet and the Ancestors (like Michel Collins) who sleep in it.
It takes three generations (when handled correctly). Still, when done correctly, even the first generation can learn to live in their new country, work there, and even become citizens of their new country.Western countries are grappling with the repercussions of past sociological policies, characterized by unsustainable birth rates and an aging population. Faced with financial constraints and an inability to adequately care for their citizens, these governments have turned to immigration as a means to boost population numbers and expand the tax base. However, the long-term consequences were not fully considered, as integrating new arrivals into society takes generations, leading to potential societal tensions that could threaten the stability of the government. While this approach appeared successful in the early days of the United States with predominantly Western European immigrants, contemporary challenges in larger nations highlight the complexities. The implications for smaller countries like Ireland raise concerns about the unique hurdles they may encounter in the future. The WEF is exploiting the West to usher in their concept of a one wold government where the elite control everything.
There is this, too... Ireland is toast. Burnt Black toast.
This is why I get splodey heads when the folks start whining about who we should or shouldn't read or quote or post- they've been radicalized by these kinds of forces, and this is what the end of that road leads to.
Well, it ultimately leads to the back fourty, digging your own grave, but this is one of the major stops along the journey.
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I know, but as a child, I lived in an area with a lot of immigration. My mother's relatively small Methodist Church had 36 different countries represented at the Christmas Around the World supper, including one from Iran. I have no idea what their faith was when they arrived, but I went to high school with my daughter, who dated boys and dressed like everyone else. Growing up, I thought that it was customary in America to have classmates with parents from Korea and Denmark. A big issue was the Danish father putting his boys in short pants and them being bullied at school for it.Melodi, the difference is -- for the most part you can't get away from Islam.
Make notes of who the people are encouraging and abetting this activity. Ie politicians, public servants.
Santa checks his list twice, noting who is naughty and who is nice.
You...YES, YOU.
YOU WILL HAVE TO GET YOUR HANDS DIRTY....sooner or later.
The only way out, is through.
And Denmark's one of the best examples of the right way:There's a right way and a wrong way to do this. Sweden is one of the best examples of the wrong way.
They would "win" a bullet to the brain in my neck of the woods.They want to force a reaction.
If they get a reaction, they win.
If they don't get a reaction, they still win. (because the pop. has already given up...)
They generally excel at these types of "Heads I win, tails you lose!" arrangements.
Well, plenty of Irish women and kids relocated to the US during the waves of wars before Independence and during the Irish Civil War. Ditto; many men had to go into exile when one side or the other was on top for a time.
Of course, they came in legally through Ellis Island. The Ukrainian women and children came in LEGALLY to Ireland. The Middle Eastern and North African single men did NOT come in legally. Neither did most of the economic migrants. Scattered about this mess are genuine refugees. Nightwolf interviewed them when he was in medical school, as part of his residency program. There were a few young men who experienced seeing their families murdered and barely escaped places like Afghanistan or horrific wars in Africa. The problem is that they shouldn't be in Ireland unless they were part of an EU resettlement program because they are supposed to apply for asylum in the first country that takes them. If they were declared LEGAL refugees, then they wouldn't have been in a migrant holding center (most of the time). They would already have work permits and be part of a legal program.
Most migrants (non-Ukranians) fly in or come by boat. Very few started outside the EU, or that was true before BREXIT. But if they are in the United Kingdom, they are supposed to stay there, and if they come in via Nothern Ireland, they are coming in illegally.
It's a very complicated topic, but for now, the Ukrainians are LEGAL, and we (the Irish) need to treat them as guests, some of whom are likely to stay. Things will go better if they speak English, have jobs and their kids get a proper education.
I am one of many who does not believe this is all to be accident and incompetence.
So, you are going to “help” them….?Well, if it is ladies and kids, I may be able to help (along with housemates) with things like knitting and spoken English tutoring. I did research at the University into foreign student and immigrant subcultures. The way you assimilate people properly is to get them to speak the local language and keep them active as soon as possible, followed by employment or, in the case of a refugee Mother with several kids, contact with others so that when her children are a bit older, she can work and has friends in the community.
There's a right way and a wrong way to do this. Sweden is one of the best examples of the wrong way. The right way is to take in a limited number of people in any given area and concentrate not just on physical support but also on intensive language classes and cultural information. When I tutored foreign students with limited English skills, we had classes like Let's Go to the Supermarket, Let's Go to the Coffee Shop, and Let's Go to the Library. All of which required practicing not just English but learning how things are done in America - no, you don't barter prices at the checkout counter.
My housemate just got home and is already up on this one. She said the "plan" is to take a bus (school bus) a couple of times a week into town for short periods. She also said they usually don't mix families with single men in the same hotel (good news).
Ireland is a small country, so things are not hopeless, or they don't have to be hopeless. The US, Germany, or Sweden, now that's another story.
They NEED to burn their refugee centers and houses down.I know, but as a child, I lived in an area with a lot of immigration. My mother's relatively small Methodist Church had 36 different countries represented at the Christmas Around the World supper, including one from Iran. I have no idea what their faith was when they arrived, but I went to high school with my daughter, who dated boys and dressed like everyone else. Growing up, I thought that it was customary in America to have classmates with parents from Korea and Denmark. A big issue was the Danish father putting his boys in short pants and them being bullied at school for it.
Interestingly, there were several cases in Sweden (and I saw it among my students, too) where one or two families (Muslims) were sent to a small village, say in North Sweden, and they did just fine. Why? Because they were alone among friendly people who didn't feel threatened, and they had no one from their home country (or religion) to team up with or to criticize them. But this only works with small groups. A similar thing happened with a program in the US that took highly motivated welfare families and moved them to rural communities. Just one or, at most, two families tended to do very well. The kids got an education, and the Moms either got jobs or were at least productive community members. But add more than about six people, and it all falls apart.
Sweden and Germany, in particular, did things backward by throwing people into enclaves, making it very difficult to leave them. The Muslim religion does tend to make things even more insular and more difficult for people to break out and join the larger culture.
Ireland needs NOT to repeat that mistake. You can't stop people from choosing to live near each other in a free country, but you can avoid settling them in large, homogenous groups in one area. Doing that effectively makes a little enclave of "home" and discourages people from entering the wider world of their new country. Instead, they make a tiny imitation of the old one. Combine that with fundamentalist Islam and there are going to be serious problems.
They NEED to burn their refugee centers and houses down.
And that is exactly why the West is lost….I'd rather not see Roscrea's only hotel and convention center burned down. Thank you very much. I gather this is part of the issue. No one complained when 400 Ukranian women and children were housed at the closed convent (in Roscrea), but closing the only hotel and canceling planned civic events there threw things over the top.
And yes, I am pleased to help legal immigrants in all sorts of ways, even women and kids awaiting the determination of their refugee status. These families will likely live here, and some will become citizens. They should learn English and the local culture to integrate rather than be left to rot in hidden enclaves. This is precisely what Sweden did (they also thought they were saving money), and the result is what you see today.
What I am not willing to help with is a massive migration of single, military-aged men who should be elsewhere because they are supposed to claim asylum in the first EU country they enter. And 90 percent of the time, that isn't going to be Ireland. The only exceptions are men who have gone through the LEGAL process of applying in that first EU country they got to and were accepted (after a proper investigation) as genuine refugees (and not economic migrants) and then taken into Ireland as part of an agreed system to distribute certified REFUGEES among the EU countries (Greece and Italy can't handle this all on their own. The others should be DEPORTED, which, as in the US, is easier said than done if the countries of origin won't take them or are not known (and that second problem happens a lot).
Ireland has had several previous waves of LEGAL immigration that have done quite well. The Polish have done exceptionally well. But the cultures are similar. Both are culturally Catholic, have strong family ties and a first-world work ethic, and value owning family farms or other businesses.
The Brazilian LEGAL immigrants have also done well. They have introduced the concepts of black beans and Carnival. But then, there was not a massive wave of them either.
Proper and controlled immigration, even allowing for some refugees from wars (like the Ukrainians) can be a great boon to a country, but it has to be maintained and done correctly. As the head of the refugee center, Nightwolf did some of his residency at explained. "At least seven million people want to come to Ireland, and we simply can't take all of them."
But again, all politics is local to some degree. One of the enormous issues in Roscrea is losing the last hotel that had yet to go out of business. Most Irish weddings are weekend affairs where guests pay for a hotel room, and there's a huge party. It was pointed out there is now no wedding venue or conference area for the entire town and location - you have to go to Birr, fourteen miles away, for that now.
Seriously, burning the hotel down won't solve that issue. It also doesn't solve the issue of no doctors, school places, or transportation for these extra people unless the government provides grants or something (to the local community).
And that is exactly why the West is lost….