{"id":9542,"date":"2024-11-17T13:47:28","date_gmt":"2024-11-17T13:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/?p=9542"},"modified":"2024-11-17T13:47:28","modified_gmt":"2024-11-17T13:47:28","slug":"simon-harris-must-clarify-if-fg-is-proposing-detention-centres-for-migrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/simon-harris-must-clarify-if-fg-is-proposing-detention-centres-for-migrants\/","title":{"rendered":"Simon Harris Must Clarify if FG is Proposing Detention Centres For Migrants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Fine Gael is scraping the bottom of the barrel with this proposal<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Taoiseach Simon Harris must clarify if Fine Gael is proposing the introduction of detention centres for international protection applicants in the party\u2019s general election manifesto, according to Social Democrats integration spokesperson Jennifer Whitmore.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFine Gael\u2019s manifesto states that it is committed to implementing the EU Migration and Asylum Pact.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt then clarifies that this will mean the introduction of \u201cdesignated accommodation with restricted freedom of movement\u201d and that \u201capplicants will be provided with accommodation that limits their movement to ensure the integrity of the process\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an outrageous proposal. The Social Democrats opposed the EU Migration Pact precisely because we had multiple human rights concerns about the legislation, including that it would lead to asylum applicants being held in detention. These fears were rubbished by the government at the time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor example, in one D\u00e1il debate on the issue outgoing Justice Minister Helen McEntee said: \u201cI cannot be any clearer. We are not talking about putting people in\u00a0detention centres.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, Fine Gael\u2019s manifesto makes clear that it does plan for detention centres, or de facto detention centres, being established for people who have not committed any crime and are simply exercising a legal right to apply for international protection.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSimon Harris must now make clear. Does his dog-whistling on this issue extend to advocating for detention centres for asylum applicants or limiting their freedom of movement?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe outgoing Taoiseach must also clarify in what way Fine Gael wants to restrict the movement of international protection applicants and how that would be enforced?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFine Gael is scraping the bottom of the barrel with this proposal, which is at complete odds with the assurances the party gave during the EU Migration Pact debate.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fine Gael is scraping the bottom of the barrel with this proposal Taoiseach Simon Harris must clarify if Fine Gael is proposing the introduction of detention centres for international protection applicants in the party\u2019s general election manifesto, according to Social Democrats integration spokesperson Jennifer Whitmore. \u201cFine Gael\u2019s manifesto states that it is committed to implementing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8778,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[494,268,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-election","category-jennifer-whitmore","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Simon Harris Must Clarify if FG is Proposing Detention Centres For Migrants - Social Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/simon-harris-must-clarify-if-fg-is-proposing-detention-centres-for-migrants\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ga_IE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Simon Harris Must Clarify if FG is Proposing Detention Centres For Migrants - Social Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Fine Gael is scraping the bottom of the barrel with this proposal Taoiseach Simon Harris must clarify if Fine Gael is proposing the introduction of detention centres for international protection applicants in the party\u2019s general election manifesto, according to Social Democrats integration spokesperson Jennifer Whitmore. \u201cFine Gael\u2019s manifesto states that it is committed to implementing [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/simon-harris-must-clarify-if-fg-is-proposing-detention-centres-for-migrants\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Social Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/socialdemocratsireland\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-11-17T13:47:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/SOCIAL-DEMOCRATS-CHILDCARE-LAUNCH-_36.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1288\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Press Officer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@SocDems\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@SocDems\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Press Officer\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/simon-harris-must-clarify-if-fg-is-proposing-detention-centres-for-migrants\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/simon-harris-must-clarify-if-fg-is-proposing-detention-centres-for-migrants\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Press Officer\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/70fcd60661593532616f9f91a0fb8db7\"},\"headline\":\"Simon Harris Must Clarify if FG is Proposing Detention Centres For Migrants\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-11-17T13:47:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/simon-harris-must-clarify-if-fg-is-proposing-detention-centres-for-migrants\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":311,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/simon-harris-must-clarify-if-fg-is-proposing-detention-centres-for-migrants\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/SOCIAL-DEMOCRATS-CHILDCARE-LAUNCH-_36.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"General election\",\"Jennifer Whitmore\",\"Press Release\"],\"inLanguage\":\"ga-IE\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/simon-harris-must-clarify-if-fg-is-proposing-detention-centres-for-migrants\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/simon-harris-must-clarify-if-fg-is-proposing-detention-centres-for-migrants\\\/\",\"name\":\"Simon Harris Must Clarify if FG is Proposing Detention Centres For Migrants - Social Democrats\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/simon-harris-must-clarify-if-fg-is-proposing-detention-centres-for-migrants\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/simon-harris-must-clarify-if-fg-is-proposing-detention-centres-for-migrants\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/SOCIAL-DEMOCRATS-CHILDCARE-LAUNCH-_36.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-11-17T13:47:28+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/simon-harris-must-clarify-if-fg-is-proposing-detention-centres-for-migrants\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"ga-IE\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/simon-harris-must-clarify-if-fg-is-proposing-detention-centres-for-migrants\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"ga-IE\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/simon-harris-must-clarify-if-fg-is-proposing-detention-centres-for-migrants\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/SOCIAL-DEMOCRATS-CHILDCARE-LAUNCH-_36.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/SOCIAL-DEMOCRATS-CHILDCARE-LAUNCH-_36.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1288},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/simon-harris-must-clarify-if-fg-is-proposing-detention-centres-for-migrants\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Simon Harris Must Clarify if FG is Proposing Detention Centres For Migrants\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/\",\"name\":\"Social Democrats\",\"description\":\"Change Ireland for the better\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"ga-IE\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The Social Democrats\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"ga-IE\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/SocDems-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/SocDems-logo.png\",\"width\":846,\"height\":358,\"caption\":\"The Social Democrats\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/socialdemocratsireland\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/SocDems\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/70fcd60661593532616f9f91a0fb8db7\",\"name\":\"Press Officer\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/ga\\\/author\\\/press\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Simon Harris Must Clarify if FG is Proposing Detention Centres For Migrants - Social Democrats","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/simon-harris-must-clarify-if-fg-is-proposing-detention-centres-for-migrants\/","og_locale":"ga_IE","og_type":"article","og_title":"Simon Harris Must Clarify if FG is Proposing Detention Centres For Migrants - Social Democrats","og_description":"Fine Gael is scraping the bottom of the barrel with this proposal Taoiseach Simon Harris must clarify if Fine Gael is proposing the introduction of detention centres for international protection applicants in the party\u2019s general election manifesto, according to Social Democrats integration spokesperson Jennifer Whitmore. \u201cFine Gael\u2019s manifesto states that it is committed to implementing [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/simon-harris-must-clarify-if-fg-is-proposing-detention-centres-for-migrants\/","og_site_name":"Social Democrats","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/socialdemocratsireland","article_published_time":"2024-11-17T13:47:28+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1288,"url":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/SOCIAL-DEMOCRATS-CHILDCARE-LAUNCH-_36.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Press Officer","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@SocDems","twitter_site":"@SocDems","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Press Officer","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/simon-harris-must-clarify-if-fg-is-proposing-detention-centres-for-migrants\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/simon-harris-must-clarify-if-fg-is-proposing-detention-centres-for-migrants\/"},"author":{"name":"Press Officer","@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/#\/schema\/person\/70fcd60661593532616f9f91a0fb8db7"},"headline":"Simon Harris Must Clarify if FG is Proposing Detention Centres For Migrants","datePublished":"2024-11-17T13:47:28+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/simon-harris-must-clarify-if-fg-is-proposing-detention-centres-for-migrants\/"},"wordCount":311,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/simon-harris-must-clarify-if-fg-is-proposing-detention-centres-for-migrants\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/SOCIAL-DEMOCRATS-CHILDCARE-LAUNCH-_36.jpg","articleSection":["General election","Jennifer Whitmore","Press Release"],"inLanguage":"ga-IE"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/simon-harris-must-clarify-if-fg-is-proposing-detention-centres-for-migrants\/","url":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/simon-harris-must-clarify-if-fg-is-proposing-detention-centres-for-migrants\/","name":"Simon Harris Must Clarify if FG is Proposing Detention Centres For Migrants - Social Democrats","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/simon-harris-must-clarify-if-fg-is-proposing-detention-centres-for-migrants\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/simon-harris-must-clarify-if-fg-is-proposing-detention-centres-for-migrants\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/SOCIAL-DEMOCRATS-CHILDCARE-LAUNCH-_36.jpg","datePublished":"2024-11-17T13:47:28+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/simon-harris-must-clarify-if-fg-is-proposing-detention-centres-for-migrants\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"ga-IE","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/simon-harris-must-clarify-if-fg-is-proposing-detention-centres-for-migrants\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"ga-IE","@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/simon-harris-must-clarify-if-fg-is-proposing-detention-centres-for-migrants\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/SOCIAL-DEMOCRATS-CHILDCARE-LAUNCH-_36.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/SOCIAL-DEMOCRATS-CHILDCARE-LAUNCH-_36.jpg","width":1920,"height":1288},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/simon-harris-must-clarify-if-fg-is-proposing-detention-centres-for-migrants\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Simon Harris Must Clarify if FG is Proposing Detention Centres For Migrants"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/","name":"Social Democrats","description":"Change Ireland for the better","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"ga-IE"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/#organization","name":"The Social Democrats","url":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"ga-IE","@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/SocDems-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/SocDems-logo.png","width":846,"height":358,"caption":"The Social Democrats"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/socialdemocratsireland","https:\/\/x.com\/SocDems"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/#\/schema\/person\/70fcd60661593532616f9f91a0fb8db7","name":"Press Officer","url":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/author\/press\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9542\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}