Taoiseach tells Dáil that State’s ability to accommodate and provide for refugees is ‘very much’ at its limit
Nick Henderson, chief executive of the Irish Refugee Council, asks whether people will effectively be evicted from 'welcome centres' under proposals drawn up by officials. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw, which have been drawn up in the face of unprecedented pressure on the State’s system for receiving refugees and asylum seekers, Irish Refugee Council chief executive Nick Henderson warned against the proposals.
Immigrant Council of Ireland chief executive Brian Killoran warned: “If you are going to pull the trigger on changes, are we clear and are we sure they will not have an extremely negative impact if there are no mid- to long-term measures in place?” “Based on current numbers, it wouldn’t be far off that and we just don’t know if we’re able to provide that level of accommodation,” he said., with some Ministers objecting to Minister for Integration Roderic O’Gorman being allowed to outline the plan without seeking a formal Government decision or it being on the official agenda.
Elsewhere, the Ukrainian ambassador has said there are “no safe places in Ukraine today” and the displacement Russia’s invasion has caused is becoming “increasingly protracted”.
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