Asylum seekers right to vote

[aoife]

My understanding is that asylum seekers / refugees have the right to vote in local elections.

What about giving them voting rights in general and european elections ?

[rockofcashel]

My understanding is that asylum seekers / refugees have the right to vote in local elections.

What about giving them voting rights in general and european elections ?

Why would you give an asylum seeker, who isn't a citizen of Europe, a right to vote in a European election ?

Or in a GE, when not an Irish citizen ?

[clareman51]

Do you mean asylum seekers as soon as they arrive can vote, if they register? Seems improbable.

[aoife]

I stand to be corrected but are they not entitled to vote in the locals ?

What about other countries namely the UK ?

[Aindriu]

I stand to be corrected but are they not entitled to vote in the locals ?

What about other countries namely the UK ?

AFAIK they have no voting rights here or in the UK. I agree with others who have said why shou;d they have voting rights as they are not registered as legal citizens per se.

[kerrynorth]

I stand to be corrected but are they not entitled to vote in the locals ?

What about other countries namely the UK ?

AFAIK they have no voting rights here or in the UK. I agree with others who have said why shou;d they have voting rights as they are not registered as legal citizens per se.

They can vote in the locals and did so in 2004. I saw an SF person going around to an asylum centere here in Tralee with 2 Gardai to register them.

[constitutionus]

yup, they can vote in local elections which i think is a joke. and there is talk of allowing them to vote in general elections which i think in maddness. theyre NOT citizens and as such shouldnt have the vote or a say in this country untill they become citizens.

[Zyklon B]

I don't think it's too much to require that they first be resident and working here for the mandatory five years, apply for naturalization (if they are of "good-standing") and then, they may have the right to vote in local elections.

[Trampas]

I don't think it's too much to require that they first be resident and working here for the mandatory five years, apply for naturalization (if they are of "good-standing") and then, they may have the right to vote in local elections.

No representation without taxation, so to speak. Not a whole lot wrong with that.

[rockofcashel]

I don't think it's too much to require that they first be resident and working here for the mandatory five years, apply for naturalization (if they are of "good-standing") and then, they may have the right to vote in local elections.

No representation without taxation, so to speak. Not a whole lot wrong with that.

But you would agree with the hundreds of thousands of legally employed foreign national workers being allowed to vote ?

And yes, all asylum seekers are allowed vote in local authority elections. Good to hear about the SF worker in Tralee helping people out with their voting rights