I remember when this was the only "Black Irish" I knew of...
Posted on 04/27/2024 10:07:46 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Rishi Sunak has responded to claims the government's Rwanda plan is causing an influx of migrants into Ireland, noting such figures prove the deterrent effect is working.
"The deterrent is... already having an impact because people are worried about coming here," the Prime Minister said.
It comes after deputy Irish premier Micheal Martin said the UK's asylum policy is driving migrants in fear of being deported to Rwanda across the border from Northern Ireland into the Republic.
Ministers plan to send asylum seekers arriving in the UK on a one-way flight to the east African nation, with the aim of deterring others from crossing the English Channel on small boats.
It follows policing minister Chris Philp's comments to an audience earlier this week, in which he asked members of the public whether Rwanda was a different country to Congo.
The government minister was questioned by an audience member about the government's new Rwanda Bill and what this meant for those travelling to the UK from the neighbouring country of Congo.
Making the comments as part of an interview which is set to air on Sunday, the PM told Sky News' Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips:"My focus is on the United Kingdom and securing our borders.
"But what that comment illustrates is a couple of things," he continued.
"One, that illegal migration is a global challenge, which is why you're seeing multiple countries talk about doing third country partnerships, looking at novel ways to solve this problem, and I believe will follow where the UK has led.
"But what it also shows, I think, is that the deterrent is, according to your comment, already having an impact because people are worried about coming here and that demonstrates exactly what I'm saying.
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There’s an old term “Black Irish.” Now there actually will be a large number of them in Ireland.
“The historic concept Black Irish is a myth primarily used in the 19th and 20th centuries by Irish-Americans to describe “an Irish person, or one of Irish ancestry, having dark hair and a dark complexion or eyes” who were supposedly the descendants of Spanish sailors shipwrecked during the Spanish Armada of 1588.” Wikipedia.
Same thing that happened here when DJT was in office. Wetbacks knew that he meant business so many thousands of them stormed the Canadian border...and Canada let them in.
I’ll bet the African immigrants to Ireland will be better behaved than many of our own.
There isn’t any country between Rwanda and Northern Ireland where Rwandan refugees can find refuge?
“There’s an old term “Black Irish.” Now there actually will be a large number of them in Ireland.”
They’re about to experience all the joys of multicultulism and multiracialism.
You would think they would learn from our miserable experience. And they don’t even need cotton picked!
I remember when this was the only "Black Irish" I knew of...
I’m familiar with the development of that particular Wiki article and you should know that it is HIGHLY unreliable and driven by an (admittedly) activist agenda.
Thanks for the heads up.
Always thought I could believe every word if something was on the internet.😉
Don’t see anything wrong with that.
It’s only a problem when you have filthy, useless leaders such as the US and UK.
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