Anonymous22 days ago
Ireland is undertaking its most sweeping immigration reform in three decades, with the International Protection Bill 2026 and a raft of new policies tightening asylum processing, citizenship requirements, and family reunification rules. Driven by record population growth, a severe housing crisis, and the need to implement the EU Migration and Asylum Pact by June 2026, the government frames the changes as ensuring migration "benefits the people of Ireland" — while critics warn the reforms risk undermining fundamental rights and going further than EU law requires.