Gript Media Ireland's Ben Scallan: Immigration Backlash (2024)

Join me outside IPAS Mount Street Dublin Ireland, for a thought-provoking discussion on some crucial societal issues with journalist and political correspondant Ben Scallan (Gript Media).

The Mount Street area and its many issues has become an epicenter for Ireland's anti-immigration backlash lately as it has been home to hundreds of asylum seekers, mainly unvetted and undocumented in Ireland, who have been forced to live in unsanitary conditions in a makeshift tent city reminiscent of Skid Row Los Angeles.

The pressing issue of homelessness among asylum seekers and refugees is on the minds of many Irish people as the number of foreigners arriving on our shores increases, at times creating countrywide unrest.

Ben shares his insights on key topics like the Barbie Kardashian situation (a transgender woman accused of threatening to end the life or cause serious harm to two women) and the future of asylum seekers in Ireland. Ben also speaks of his thoughts around the questions he poses to politicians, and his thoughts on Leo Varadkar exiting a conference leaving one of his questions unanswered.

As frustrations build among the people of Ireland who see the influx of migrants, we allow the homeless in Ireland to remain in emergency accommodations and unsafe hostels, while some Irish homeless are dying on our streets. My aim in posting this video is to continue documenting Dublin's decay and show the reality of Dublin without the veneer the media tend to gloss it over with and hopefully help us all to stay safe in Dublin.