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Robert Bandanza · September 13th, 2009

YouTube - Sky News Lisbon Treaty to FAIL in Ireland

Robert Bandanza · September 13th, 2009

Robert Bandanza · September 14th, 2009

YouTube - Vote NO to Lisbon

Robert Bandanza · September 16th, 2009

YouTube - Lisbon Treaty - Can't Trust Them

Robert Bandanza · September 17th, 2009

YouTube - Have the Irish become stupid?

Robert Bandanza · September 21st, 2009

http://vnnforum.com/showthread.php?t=101018

Robert Bandanza · September 22nd, 2009

MORE PEOPLE are leaving Ireland than are coming here, for the first time since 1995, with emigration having risen by 40 per cent and immigration having slowed dramatically.

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) estimates the number of people emigrating has increased by over 40 per cent, from 45,300 to 65,100, while the number of new arrivals has continued to decline, from 83,800 to 57,300.

With 7,800 more people leaving than arriving, these shifts have resulted in a resumption of net outward migration for the first time since 1995, according to the CSO’s latest Migration and Population Estimates.

Almost half of emigrants (30,100) are citizens of the 12 mainly eastern and central European states that joined the EU since 2004, with Irish nationals being the second-largest group at 18,400.

Immigration has declined across all non-Irish categories, with those from the EU12 showing the greatest fall, from 33,700 in April 2008 to 13,500 in April this year. These figures are broadly consistent with indicators such as the number of PPS numbers issued to non-Irish applicants and the take-up of work permits.

However, the figures indicate that significant numbers of new immigrants continue to arrive. In the year to April, the CSO estimates a total of 57,300 immigrants came to the State. “Among the immigrants, we have seen a sharp fall in the number of EU12 nationals coming to Ireland,” said CSO senior statistician Deirdre Cullen. “It’s a third of what it was a year ago, but it hasn’t disappeared altogether, which is interesting in itself.” The figures suggest the surge in immigration that followed the EU enlargement round of 2004 peaked in 2007, when 52,700 EU12 nationals moved to the State, and has been in decline since then.

Despite emigration overtaking immigration for the first time in 14 years, however, the State’s population has continued to grow. Driven by the high numbers of women of child-bearing age in the population, births in the year to April reached 74,500 – the highest level since 1896 – while deaths totalled 29,400. This resulted in strong natural growth of 45,100.

The combined effect of the natural increase and migration patterns resulted in a population increase of 37,300 (up 0.8 per cent), bringing the estimated population of the State to 4.46 million in April 2009.

The CSO figures suggest the recent population growth was unevenly distributed across the regions, however, with the Mid-East showing the strongest growth at 2.1 per cent and Dublin showing the weakest at -0.5 per cent. This points to the phenomenon of people moving from Dublin to its wider commuter belt.

Fine Gael reacted to the latest figures by warning of the danger of a “lost generation” of Irish youth. The party’s labour affairs spokesman Damien English claimed fears over spiralling emigration were becoming a reality.

“For the first time in a generation, Ireland is again a net exporter of people, as a combination of rising unemployment and falling job levels drives people abroad,” he said.

“This is the direct consequence of an economy ruined by Fianna Fáil’s debt-fuelled housing boom.”

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/...255063011.html

Robert Bandanza · September 30th, 2009

THE military authorities have launched an investigation after members of the Defence Forces were shown giving Nazi salutes and posting racist comments on a social networking site.

At least two reserve Defence Force members based in Dublin are under investigation. A spokes-woman for the Minster for Defence Willie O’Dea confirmed the "review" was ongoing and the investigation was expected to be completed by the end of the week.

"There was an investigation at unit level and there was no disciplinary action taken at that level. However, the matter is now with the chief of staff’s office and that investigation is ongoing.

In one image a Defence Force recruit is seen next to a statue of a German eagle clutching a swastika. The young man is wearing a German iron cross buckle on his belt. Another image shows the soldier superimposed beside Ku Klux Klan members.

http://www.examiner.ie/ireland/defen...#ixzz0SWMEIcV6

http://hailireland.blogspot.com/2009...i-salutes.html

An Eisenkreuz does not compare to the laughable Ku Klux Klan. That person must be a serious moron. Or the Iron Cross crossed with the Ku Klux Klan is somewhat of an oxymoron. They do not go hand in hand.

Robert Bandanza · September 30th, 2009

Ireland has nothing to lose and everything to gain by voting no to the Lisbon Treaty, Libertas leader Declan Ganley said today.

The millionaire businessman said the EU reform package had not changed at all since the Irish people rejected it last year during the first ballot.

Legal guarantees hammered out with the leaders of other member states earlier this year on neutrality, tax and family issues were meaningless, he added.

Mr Ganley said if the EU deal is backed by the Irish electorate it would see the transfer of power in more than 60 key decision areas away from Dublin to Brussels.

http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/i...#ixzz0ScWULaRy

http://hailireland.blogspot.com/2009...rejecting.html

Robert Bandanza · October 3rd, 2009

Look at all the fucking rejects in this video. Plus, the video fails to say JEW David Miliband.

YouTube - ireland unfortunately votes yes to Lisbon treaty. Sad day for ireland.

Robert Bandanza · October 5th, 2009

http://vnnforum.com/showthread.php?t=101657

Robert Bandanza · October 5th, 2009

By David McWilliams
Wednesday September 30 2009

One thing the Lisbon debate has done is distract us from the juggernaut that is NAMA. In Laois today, speaking to a large group of retailers -- who can sense the credit crunch in their bottom lines -- the only topic was the banks, the bailout and what is going to be left after NAMA.

The feeling in the room was one of outrage, bordering on disgust, and a palpable sense of powerlessness.

One woman, a big retailer from a decent-sized town, told me that watching events unfold was like watching a drama from prison. Because the electoral cycle is five years long, she felt there was nothing she could do to register her dismay at NAMA. There was just no way of signalling her opposition. She told me she wanted to scream "not in my name" but had lost her voice.

As far as she and others were concerned, Lisbon can come and go, but NAMA is where the big mistake is likely to be made. The retailer said she knew the builders in the town that would be bailed out and the bankers who lent to them and were still taking home good salaries and playing golf in the local club as if nothing happened. All the while, she feared her business would really feel the pinch when interest rates turn. Whatever about having precious little credit now she feared that, once rates began to rise, the position of her and many on the main street like her would become impossible.

Others shared her concern. They were worried about their outstanding loans. Many of these are "interest only" affairs, taken out when times were good and provincial towns were booming. Many retailers expanded their shops dramatically not only to respond to demand and the insatiable appetite of my old friend Breakfast Roll man, but also to try and stave off competition from big multiples like Tesco. This expansion leaves them very exposed to interest-rate moves.

With that in mind, let us have a look at the interest-rate cycle in Europe because, Lisbon or no Lisbon, interest rates in Europe will rise progressively over the next year or two. And this could be enough to push many Irish businesses over the edge.

Before we look at the likely trajectory of rates, let us examine how interest rates work differently in different countries in Europe. In Ireland and in the UK, we finance more or less everything at variable and short-term rates. In Germany, they finance at fixed and long-term rates. This means changes in interest rates have much smaller impacts on consumer demand in Germany than they have in Ireland.

When rates are decreased, we party here and when rates rise fast we suffer dramatically. So, in the past year, as the ECB cut rates significantly, we have have been given a significant breather. Many highly indebted companies are just holding on at the moment because rates are so low.

When the rates turn, however, the precarious position of many of us and our companies will become apparent. And the financial markets will factor this in to their equations.

To understand what is likely to happen, take a look at the chart above. It shows the reaction of the US financial markets in the past 12 months to companies that had lots of debt.

Traditionally, these risky companies are asked to pay a premium to investors of about 2pc over US government bonds. This is to cover the investor for the risk that these companies will default. In other words, because they are more risky than government bonds, indebted companies pay more for their borrowings.

Now look what happened last year. When the liquidity crisis broke, companies dependent on short-term financing looked far weaker than they already were. The graph shows the difference between the interest rate on their borrowings and that paid by the US government. At the peak of the crisis, indebted businesses had to pay 5pc more in interest than was paid on government bonds.

We see a dramatically amplified effect on the interest rates weaker companies had to pay in the graph, which caused many of them to go to the wall. But it is the taking over of the banks rather than the trials of indebted businesses that will worry the markets the most.

Investors will be afraid that the capital position of our banks will be eroded, once more, by new bad debts as interest rates rise -- but this time from companies and retailers rather than builders. Crucially, this debt will not be in NAMA. Share prices will fall as bad debts mount, and the State may be compelled to act again. In this scenario, it could nationalise the banks -- by injecting more capital -- or it could preside over zombie banks with neither confident management or shareholders.

This is the vista we face, Lisbon or no Lisbon, and that worry was written on the faces of the people I met yesterday -- who sell us our milk and butter late at night, or are there when we've forgotten to make the children's lunch.

www.davidmcwilliams.ie

http://www.independent.ie/opinion/co...s-1899712.html

Robert Bandanza · October 5th, 2009

SOME 80 per cent of minors who are reported missing from State care in Dublin are Chinese teenagers who had sought asylum.

According to the Garda missing persons bureau, 28 Chinese minors have been publicised as missing from the care of the Health Service Executive (HSE) over the past 12 months. Seven other minors were reported missing in the same period: four Africans – from Gambia, Somalia, Togo and Nigeria – an Iraqi, a Bosnian teenager and an Irish child.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/...255887682.html

http://hailireland.blogspot.com/2009...in-dublin.html

Robert Bandanza · October 12th, 2009

http://vnnforum.com/video.php?do=vie...s&videoid=1365

Robert Bandanza · October 12th, 2009

http://vnnforum.com/video.php?do=vie...s&videoid=1368

Robert Bandanza · October 12th, 2009

40pc claimed to be from war-torn nation in bid for refugee status

IMMIGRATION authorities have uncovered a scam involving African asylum seekers, who claim to be from Somalia.

Three out of five were found to have lied about their background.

The applicants are posing as Somalis to boost their chances of being granted refugee status because they are less likely to be deported back to the war-torn country.

But a check on the background of a targeted group over the past six months has established that the majority of them were from neighbouring countries. The check was carried out using the Eurodac fingerprint system and visa databases established in the UK.

Immigration officials have also employed the help of a Swedish language analysis company when interviewing applicants.

Linguists listen to the interviews and, by analysing the dialects, try to determine the home countries of the asylum seekers.

Officials sent a batch of 104 cases to the UK, where embassies must keep records of their citizens applying for visas. An investigation of the batch concluded that 63 of them had an immigration history in the UK and also determined that only 8 out of the 63 were from Somalia.

The nationality breakdown of the 'Somali' asylum seekers showed that 44 -- or two-fifths of the original batch -- were from Tanzania, eight from Somalia, six from Kenya, three from Yemen, and one each from Ethiopia and Djibouti.

The investigation also established that five out of the eight genuine Somalis already had an asylum history in the UK.

Inquiries have established that the scam mainly involves applicants from countries in the Horn of Africa.

Deported

Those found to have made false claims about their immigration history will either be deported back home or else sent back to the UK, where they were based previously. Under the Dublin Regulation, asylum seekers can be transferred to the EU country where they made their initial application.

This was introduced by the EU because many people were attempting to gain asylum status in several countries.

A large percentage of them arrived here without any documentation, and, until the fingerprint assistance system was streamlined, the authorities had difficulties establishing their origins.

An overall check on all asylum applicants who lodged their claims here in 2008 showed that seven out of 10 had an immigration history in the UK.

Six out of 10 applicants, on average, arrive into the State without any travel documents but the figure rises to 90pc in the case of Nigerians, although many of them are subsequently found to have had travel visas to the UK.

Immigration officials reckon that about 70pc of those found to have breached the ban on making multiple applications in EU member states, are traced and transferred.

Around 1,000 bogus asylum seekers left the State in 2008, a rise of 23pc on the corresponding figure for 2007. Officials say the increase is due to the increasing enforcement.

http://www.independent.ie/national-n...s-1910835.html

Robert Bandanza · October 13th, 2009

A BID to have the Lisbon Treaty declared null and void was dismissed by the High Court yesterday.

The court ruled the arguments put forward by four citizens were political, not legal.

Four separate applications for judicial reviews were brought by Harry Rea of Blarney Road Co Cork, Nora Bennis, North Circular Road, Limerick, Mark McCrystal, Swords Road, Dublin, and Richard Behal, Killarney, Co Kerry. All four made their applications without solicitors or barristers.

Mr Justice Sean Ryan dismissed their applications to seek to challenge the constitutionality of the 28th Amendment to the Constitution Bill 2009, brought about as a result of the recent 'Yes' vote. Mr Justice Ryan said "no compelling arguments" had been made out in the applications.

The four claimed the Government had ratified the treaty without amending the Constitution and that the result was unsafe.

http://www.independent.ie/national-n...e-1911555.html

Robert Bandanza · October 21st, 2009

Child benefit payments to foreign nationals whose children live outside the State should be reduced significantly, according to a report on social welfare fraud by an Oireachtas committee.

About 7,000 EU nationals resident in Ireland are claiming child benefit for 11,000 children living outside the State. This is projected to cost the exchequer about €20 million this year.

The report says it is “not appropriate” to pay the Irish rate of child benefit for children in other countries where the cost of living is significantly lower.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/...257226342.html

http://hailireland.blogspot.com/2009...r-foreign.html

Robert Bandanza · December 8th, 2009

YouTube- Immigrant welfare fraud in Ireland 1/2

Robert Bandanza · December 8th, 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by Robert Bandanza

YouTube- Immigrant welfare fraud in Ireland 1/2

YouTube- Immigrant welfare fraud in Ireland 2/2

September 22nd, 2009	#167
Robert Bandanza Banned Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: JUDEAware, originally MassaJEWsetts Posts: 8,901	More emigrating from Ireland than immigrating for first time in 14 years MORE PEOPLE are leaving Ireland than are coming here, for the first time since 1995, with emigration having risen by 40 per cent and immigration having slowed dramatically. The Central Statistics Office (CSO) estimates the number of people emigrating has increased by over 40 per cent, from 45,300 to 65,100, while the number of new arrivals has continued to decline, from 83,800 to 57,300. With 7,800 more people leaving than arriving, these shifts have resulted in a resumption of net outward migration for the first time since 1995, according to the CSO’s latest Migration and Population Estimates. Almost half of emigrants (30,100) are citizens of the 12 mainly eastern and central European states that joined the EU since 2004, with Irish nationals being the second-largest group at 18,400. Immigration has declined across all non-Irish categories, with those from the EU12 showing the greatest fall, from 33,700 in April 2008 to 13,500 in April this year. These figures are broadly consistent with indicators such as the number of PPS numbers issued to non-Irish applicants and the take-up of work permits. However, the figures indicate that significant numbers of new immigrants continue to arrive. In the year to April, the CSO estimates a total of 57,300 immigrants came to the State. “Among the immigrants, we have seen a sharp fall in the number of EU12 nationals coming to Ireland,” said CSO senior statistician Deirdre Cullen. “It’s a third of what it was a year ago, but it hasn’t disappeared altogether, which is interesting in itself.” The figures suggest the surge in immigration that followed the EU enlargement round of 2004 peaked in 2007, when 52,700 EU12 nationals moved to the State, and has been in decline since then. Despite emigration overtaking immigration for the first time in 14 years, however, the State’s population has continued to grow. Driven by the high numbers of women of child-bearing age in the population, births in the year to April reached 74,500 – the highest level since 1896 – while deaths totalled 29,400. This resulted in strong natural growth of 45,100. The combined effect of the natural increase and migration patterns resulted in a population increase of 37,300 (up 0.8 per cent), bringing the estimated population of the State to 4.46 million in April 2009. The CSO figures suggest the recent population growth was unevenly distributed across the regions, however, with the Mid-East showing the strongest growth at 2.1 per cent and Dublin showing the weakest at -0.5 per cent. This points to the phenomenon of people moving from Dublin to its wider commuter belt. Fine Gael reacted to the latest figures by warning of the danger of a “lost generation” of Irish youth. The party’s labour affairs spokesman Damien English claimed fears over spiralling emigration were becoming a reality. “For the first time in a generation, Ireland is again a net exporter of people, as a combination of rising unemployment and falling job levels drives people abroad,” he said. “This is the direct consequence of an economy ruined by Fianna Fáil’s debt-fuelled housing boom.” http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/...255063011.html

September 30th, 2009	#168
Robert Bandanza Banned Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: JUDEAware, originally MassaJEWsetts Posts: 8,901	Defence Forces probe over Nazi salutes on Bebo THE military authorities have launched an investigation after members of the Defence Forces were shown giving Nazi salutes and posting racist comments on a social networking site. At least two reserve Defence Force members based in Dublin are under investigation. A spokes-woman for the Minster for Defence Willie O’Dea confirmed the "review" was ongoing and the investigation was expected to be completed by the end of the week. "There was an investigation at unit level and there was no disciplinary action taken at that level. However, the matter is now with the chief of staff’s office and that investigation is ongoing. In one image a Defence Force recruit is seen next to a statue of a German eagle clutching a swastika. The young man is wearing a German iron cross buckle on his belt. Another image shows the soldier superimposed beside Ku Klux Klan members. http://www.examiner.ie/ireland/defen...#ixzz0SWMEIcV6 http://hailireland.blogspot.com/2009...i-salutes.html An Eisenkreuz does not compare to the laughable Ku Klux Klan. That person must be a serious moron. Or the Iron Cross crossed with the Ku Klux Klan is somewhat of an oxymoron. They do not go hand in hand.

September 30th, 2009	#169
Robert Bandanza Banned Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: JUDEAware, originally MassaJEWsetts Posts: 8,901	Ireland 'can only gain by rejecting treaty' Ireland has nothing to lose and everything to gain by voting no to the Lisbon Treaty, Libertas leader Declan Ganley said today. The millionaire businessman said the EU reform package had not changed at all since the Irish people rejected it last year during the first ballot. Legal guarantees hammered out with the leaders of other member states earlier this year on neutrality, tax and family issues were meaningless, he added. Mr Ganley said if the EU deal is backed by the Irish electorate it would see the transfer of power in more than 60 key decision areas away from Dublin to Brussels. http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/i...#ixzz0ScWULaRy http://hailireland.blogspot.com/2009...rejecting.html

October 5th, 2009	#172
Robert Bandanza Banned Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: JUDEAware, originally MassaJEWsetts Posts: 8,901	Why economic recovery can be bad for business By David McWilliams Wednesday September 30 2009 One thing the Lisbon debate has done is distract us from the juggernaut that is NAMA. In Laois today, speaking to a large group of retailers -- who can sense the credit crunch in their bottom lines -- the only topic was the banks, the bailout and what is going to be left after NAMA. The feeling in the room was one of outrage, bordering on disgust, and a palpable sense of powerlessness. One woman, a big retailer from a decent-sized town, told me that watching events unfold was like watching a drama from prison. Because the electoral cycle is five years long, she felt there was nothing she could do to register her dismay at NAMA. There was just no way of signalling her opposition. She told me she wanted to scream "not in my name" but had lost her voice. As far as she and others were concerned, Lisbon can come and go, but NAMA is where the big mistake is likely to be made. The retailer said she knew the builders in the town that would be bailed out and the bankers who lent to them and were still taking home good salaries and playing golf in the local club as if nothing happened. All the while, she feared her business would really feel the pinch when interest rates turn. Whatever about having precious little credit now she feared that, once rates began to rise, the position of her and many on the main street like her would become impossible. Others shared her concern. They were worried about their outstanding loans. Many of these are "interest only" affairs, taken out when times were good and provincial towns were booming. Many retailers expanded their shops dramatically not only to respond to demand and the insatiable appetite of my old friend Breakfast Roll man, but also to try and stave off competition from big multiples like Tesco. This expansion leaves them very exposed to interest-rate moves. With that in mind, let us have a look at the interest-rate cycle in Europe because, Lisbon or no Lisbon, interest rates in Europe will rise progressively over the next year or two. And this could be enough to push many Irish businesses over the edge. Before we look at the likely trajectory of rates, let us examine how interest rates work differently in different countries in Europe. In Ireland and in the UK, we finance more or less everything at variable and short-term rates. In Germany, they finance at fixed and long-term rates. This means changes in interest rates have much smaller impacts on consumer demand in Germany than they have in Ireland. When rates are decreased, we party here and when rates rise fast we suffer dramatically. So, in the past year, as the ECB cut rates significantly, we have have been given a significant breather. Many highly indebted companies are just holding on at the moment because rates are so low. When the rates turn, however, the precarious position of many of us and our companies will become apparent. And the financial markets will factor this in to their equations. To understand what is likely to happen, take a look at the chart above. It shows the reaction of the US financial markets in the past 12 months to companies that had lots of debt. Traditionally, these risky companies are asked to pay a premium to investors of about 2pc over US government bonds. This is to cover the investor for the risk that these companies will default. In other words, because they are more risky than government bonds, indebted companies pay more for their borrowings. Now look what happened last year. When the liquidity crisis broke, companies dependent on short-term financing looked far weaker than they already were. The graph shows the difference between the interest rate on their borrowings and that paid by the US government. At the peak of the crisis, indebted businesses had to pay 5pc more in interest than was paid on government bonds. We see a dramatically amplified effect on the interest rates weaker companies had to pay in the graph, which caused many of them to go to the wall. But it is the taking over of the banks rather than the trials of indebted businesses that will worry the markets the most. Investors will be afraid that the capital position of our banks will be eroded, once more, by new bad debts as interest rates rise -- but this time from companies and retailers rather than builders. Crucially, this debt will not be in NAMA. Share prices will fall as bad debts mount, and the State may be compelled to act again. In this scenario, it could nationalise the banks -- by injecting more capital -- or it could preside over zombie banks with neither confident management or shareholders. This is the vista we face, Lisbon or no Lisbon, and that worry was written on the faces of the people I met yesterday -- who sell us our milk and butter late at night, or are there when we've forgotten to make the children's lunch. www.davidmcwilliams.ie http://www.independent.ie/opinion/co...s-1899712.html

October 5th, 2009	#173
Robert Bandanza Banned Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: JUDEAware, originally MassaJEWsetts Posts: 8,901	Most minors missing from care in Dublin are Chinese SOME 80 per cent of minors who are reported missing from State care in Dublin are Chinese teenagers who had sought asylum. According to the Garda missing persons bureau, 28 Chinese minors have been publicised as missing from the care of the Health Service Executive (HSE) over the past 12 months. Seven other minors were reported missing in the same period: four Africans – from Gambia, Somalia, Togo and Nigeria – an Iraqi, a Bosnian teenager and an Irish child. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/...255887682.html http://hailireland.blogspot.com/2009...in-dublin.html

September 13th, 2009	#162
Robert Bandanza Banned Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: JUDEAware, originally MassaJEWsetts Posts: 8,901

September 21st, 2009	#166
Robert Bandanza Banned Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: JUDEAware, originally MassaJEWsetts Posts: 8,901	http://vnnforum.com/showthread.php?t=101018

October 5th, 2009	#171
Robert Bandanza Banned Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: JUDEAware, originally MassaJEWsetts Posts: 8,901	http://vnnforum.com/showthread.php?t=101657

October 12th, 2009	#174
Robert Bandanza Banned Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: JUDEAware, originally MassaJEWsetts Posts: 8,901	http://vnnforum.com/video.php?do=vie...s&videoid=1365

October 12th, 2009	#175
Robert Bandanza Banned Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: JUDEAware, originally MassaJEWsetts Posts: 8,901	http://vnnforum.com/video.php?do=vie...s&videoid=1368

October 12th, 2009	#176
Robert Bandanza Banned Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: JUDEAware, originally MassaJEWsetts Posts: 8,901	Asylum seekers posed as Somalis 40pc claimed to be from war-torn nation in bid for refugee status IMMIGRATION authorities have uncovered a scam involving African asylum seekers, who claim to be from Somalia. Three out of five were found to have lied about their background. The applicants are posing as Somalis to boost their chances of being granted refugee status because they are less likely to be deported back to the war-torn country. But a check on the background of a targeted group over the past six months has established that the majority of them were from neighbouring countries. The check was carried out using the Eurodac fingerprint system and visa databases established in the UK. Immigration officials have also employed the help of a Swedish language analysis company when interviewing applicants. Linguists listen to the interviews and, by analysing the dialects, try to determine the home countries of the asylum seekers. Officials sent a batch of 104 cases to the UK, where embassies must keep records of their citizens applying for visas. An investigation of the batch concluded that 63 of them had an immigration history in the UK and also determined that only 8 out of the 63 were from Somalia. The nationality breakdown of the 'Somali' asylum seekers showed that 44 -- or two-fifths of the original batch -- were from Tanzania, eight from Somalia, six from Kenya, three from Yemen, and one each from Ethiopia and Djibouti. The investigation also established that five out of the eight genuine Somalis already had an asylum history in the UK. Inquiries have established that the scam mainly involves applicants from countries in the Horn of Africa. Deported Those found to have made false claims about their immigration history will either be deported back home or else sent back to the UK, where they were based previously. Under the Dublin Regulation, asylum seekers can be transferred to the EU country where they made their initial application. This was introduced by the EU because many people were attempting to gain asylum status in several countries. A large percentage of them arrived here without any documentation, and, until the fingerprint assistance system was streamlined, the authorities had difficulties establishing their origins. An overall check on all asylum applicants who lodged their claims here in 2008 showed that seven out of 10 had an immigration history in the UK. Six out of 10 applicants, on average, arrive into the State without any travel documents but the figure rises to 90pc in the case of Nigerians, although many of them are subsequently found to have had travel visas to the UK. Immigration officials reckon that about 70pc of those found to have breached the ban on making multiple applications in EU member states, are traced and transferred. Around 1,000 bogus asylum seekers left the State in 2008, a rise of 23pc on the corresponding figure for 2007. Officials say the increase is due to the increasing enforcement. http://www.independent.ie/national-n...s-1910835.html

October 13th, 2009	#177
Robert Bandanza Banned Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: JUDEAware, originally MassaJEWsetts Posts: 8,901	Court rejects Lisbon Treaty challenge A BID to have the Lisbon Treaty declared null and void was dismissed by the High Court yesterday. The court ruled the arguments put forward by four citizens were political, not legal. Four separate applications for judicial reviews were brought by Harry Rea of Blarney Road Co Cork, Nora Bennis, North Circular Road, Limerick, Mark McCrystal, Swords Road, Dublin, and Richard Behal, Killarney, Co Kerry. All four made their applications without solicitors or barristers. Mr Justice Sean Ryan dismissed their applications to seek to challenge the constitutionality of the 28th Amendment to the Constitution Bill 2009, brought about as a result of the recent 'Yes' vote. Mr Justice Ryan said "no compelling arguments" had been made out in the applications. The four claimed the Government had ratified the treaty without amending the Constitution and that the result was unsafe. http://www.independent.ie/national-n...e-1911555.html

October 21st, 2009	#178
Robert Bandanza Banned Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: JUDEAware, originally MassaJEWsetts Posts: 8,901	Child benefit changes urged for foreign nationals Child benefit payments to foreign nationals whose children live outside the State should be reduced significantly, according to a report on social welfare fraud by an Oireachtas committee. About 7,000 EU nationals resident in Ireland are claiming child benefit for 11,000 children living outside the State. This is projected to cost the exchequer about €20 million this year. The report says it is “not appropriate” to pay the Irish rate of child benefit for children in other countries where the cost of living is significantly lower. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/...257226342.html http://hailireland.blogspot.com/2009...r-foreign.html

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