Poor form by the embassy. Can you imagine what this would mean for these kids? Department of Foreign Affairs should make it happen.
“She said as local team members were Palestinian, they were “banned from travelling to Tel Aviv”
yeah completely normal to ban an ethnic group from travelling to your country
DFA working hard to destroy the goodwill that exists in Palestine towards Ireland.
I may sound cold hearted here but, is there not a very high probability that the majority of the team will seek Asylum, as soon as they arrive in Ireland? It has happened with other sports teams in the past
I know their claim would be absolutely legitimate, but it would be a further huge burden on the system, state and tax payer, given the fact that these 46 players & coaches would then be eligible for bringing others here, through the family reunification process.
An initial figure of 46 seeking International Protection could increase exponentially given the average size of Palestinian families.
Did a team from there come over here before and seek asylum after the match?
Would an English translation of documents for a visa application not be standard for most countries in the EU? Was this only recently brought in for Ireland?
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Thoughts and prayers.
Poor form by the embassy. Can you imagine what this would mean for these kids? Department of Foreign Affairs should make it happen.
“She said as local team members were Palestinian, they were “banned from travelling to Tel Aviv”
yeah completely normal to ban an ethnic group from travelling to your country
DFA working hard to destroy the goodwill that exists in Palestine towards Ireland.
I may sound cold hearted here but, is there not a very high probability that the majority of the team will seek Asylum, as soon as they arrive in Ireland? It has happened with other sports teams in the past
I know their claim would be absolutely legitimate, but it would be a further huge burden on the system, state and tax payer, given the fact that these 46 players & coaches would then be eligible for bringing others here, through the family reunification process.
An initial figure of 46 seeking International Protection could increase exponentially given the average size of Palestinian families.
Did a team from there come over here before and seek asylum after the match?
Would an English translation of documents for a visa application not be standard for most countries in the EU? Was this only recently brought in for Ireland?
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