DO THE MATH 👇!! (I’ve done it for you)
In a refugee spousal couple with 4 children scenario (no bills, no accommodation costs, no medical costs, no food or transport costs, etc.), expendable income is:
€244 per week for a qualifying adult = €1,057 per month or €12,688 per year, plus
€168 per week for an adult dependent (spouse) = €728 per month or €8,736 per year, plus
€54 x 2 for 2 kids aged 12 and over = €108 per week, which is €468 per month or €5,616 per year, plus
€46 x 2 for 2 kids under 12 = €92 per week, which is €399 per month or €4,784 per year, plus
€140 per month child benefit for 4 children = €560 per month or €6,720 per year
TOTAL: €38,544 expendable income per year, not including additional payments like Christmas bonuses, budgetary one-offs, car repairs, etc.
People of Ireland WAKE UP!
While you break your back and miss your children growing up because you can’t afford to spend more than a few minutes to a couple of hours a day with them, people are arriving here and getting free food, accommodation, medical costs, all utilities paid, travel costs, and additional costs met (car repairs, etc.). If you are automatically deemed a refugee (or are an asylum seeker who then gets awarded refugee status), you get full social welfare, additional payments for child dependents, child benefit, and any other extra payments (bonuses, etc.). Depending on how many adults and children are in a family, such payments can add up to thousands a month in expendable income (not counting all the freebies outlined above). Do the math! Nearly €40,000 in the scenario given here (2 adults, 4 children). I chose this example because migrant families tend to have more children.
It’s also worth noting that while asylum seekers get less, they are allowed to work and still don’t contribute to bills, accommodation costs, medical costs, food, or transport costs, etc.
YOUR GOVERNMENT IS DOING YOU DIRTY.
