Quote Originally Posted by Notsohumblepie View Post
Up to the end of last year, Asylum applications in Ireland( EU state) had risen by nearly 300% compared to the same period five years ago. However, only 129 of 139,000 ?irregular? immigrants are confirmed to have since left the state. .As Ireland, not unreasonably, is still in the Dublin agreement ,as well as the EU , perhaps the grass on the other side was not as green as we remember
That's not people coming across in small boats to Ireland though is it? How many of those 139,000 came directly from another EU member state? I would suggest relatively few.