Motion or amendment: Addressing the Impact of Illegal Immigration in Northern Ireland - Amendment 2
Motion or amendment by Mr Gerry Carroll on .
- MLA
- Mr Gerry Carroll
- Party at the time
- People Before Profit Alliance
- Date
- 16 May 2025
- Type
- Motion or amendment
- Business
- Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Addressing the Impact of Illegal Immigration in Northern Ireland”
- Heading
- Addressing the Impact of Illegal Immigration in Northern Ireland - Amendment 2
- Assembly identifier
- Document 439775
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Text
Addressing the Impact of Illegal Immigration in Northern Ireland - Amendment 2
Leave out all after 'That this Assembly' and insert:
'rejects the Prime Minister’s plans to reduce legal migration to the UK; recognises that the term illegal immigration is dehumanising and dismissive of the difficult and often traumatic journeys that migrants, including refugees and people seeking asylum, experience as a result of being forced into unsafe routes to safety; appreciates the valuable contribution of migrants to communities here, including those who work in our public services; further recognises that the unsustainable pressures placed on basic services, including access to GPs, dentists and the provision of school places, are a result of decades of underfunding of public services, driven by neoliberalism and austerity; opposes the scapegoating of migrants for problems created and exacerbated by the state, including the housing crisis; notes an analysis carried out by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research which found that granting asylum seekers the right to work would save the UK Government £4.4 billion; calls on the First Minister and deputy First Minister to write to the UK Prime Minister, placing on record their opposition to the UK Government’s White Paper on immigration and wider hostile environment policy.'
205 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Assessment
Jev’s structured answers met the documented threshold for “not flagged”.
- Overall probability that the activity is being used to promote, exploit or escalate an identity-based controversy: 0.12 (flagging needs at least 0.70; at or below 0.30 is not flagged).
- None of the five culture-war criteria was met (each was below 0.60).
- Assessed as legitimate policy scrutiny (0.82).
- The text criticises or condemns the framing or division (0.82).
- Subject area: Immigration, asylum, race, ethnicity and Travellers.
- The overall probability was at or below the not-flagging threshold.
This is an AI-generated assessment of the text, made against published criteria. It is not a finding of fact about the MLA or their intentions. The Assembly record itself is the fact.
Jev’s structured answers
| Question | Probability | Met? |
|---|---|---|
| Identity framing | 0.12 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.02 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.02 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.03 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.14 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.82 | Yes |
| Overall judgement | 0.12 | At or below not-flagging threshold |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing | 0.18 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.00 |
| Criticises or condemns it (chosen) | 0.82 |
| Adopts it | 0.00 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| Immigration, asylum, race, ethnicity and Travellers | 1.00 |
| No identity-related subject | 0.00 |
| Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials | 0.00 |
| Parades, bonfires and commemorations | 0.00 |
| Irish language, Ulster-Scots and language policy | 0.00 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 09:06 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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