More than 4,500 refugees and asylum seekers arrive in Ireland since start of the year

The Government is scrambling to find more places to house new arrivals

In addition a total of 1,437 people seeking international protection from other countries arrived in Ireland since the start of the year.

Around 70,000 Ukrainians arrived in Ireland in 2022 with the State providing accommodation for more than 50,000 of those.The Government is scrambling to find more places to house refugees and it has not been able to guarantee accommodation for all arrivals in recent weeks. The Irish Times reported at the weekend on how senior Coalition figures have been warned that hoteliers are backing away from Government contracts to host refugees due to fears about protests and local opposition.

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