PROBLEM - REACTION - SOLUTION
Ireland and the EU Migration Pact
2016-2020: Ireland sees none of the EU Migrant Crisis
2018: Fine Gael & Fianna Fáil publically call for migration pact without any crisis in Ireland
2020: EU Migration Pact is published. McEntee, Coveney, Kelleher and more signal full support - still no crisis in Ireland
2021: Ireland’s rejection rates slashed from ~70% to ~5%, almost all economic migrants from safe countries.
European Commission’s Catherine Day produces ‘End Direct Provision Whitepaper’ - the mother of all pull factors - tweeted in many languages by O’Gorman.
McEntee conducts mass amnesty for tens of thousands of illegal migrants.
2022: Number skyrocket from safe counties - Georgians become our biggest cohort in IPAS - a listed safe country since 2018.
2024: Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael say the record numbers are proof we need the pact.