The housing of refugees and rapidly rising numbers of asylum seekers has recently become a much bigger political issue in Ireland, a country of 5.3 million people which has been struggling for years to adequately boost a severe lack of housing supply.
A group supporting Ukrainian refugees criticised the cut in payments, saying it would mostly impact elderly people and mothers who are unable to seek work due to childcare needs. Ireland has one of the highest rates of Ukrainian refugees to its own population.
“The Irish people’s response has been extraordinary generous, and to a point the Irish government’s response was exceptional, but this flies in the face of that generosity,” Tom McEnaney, founder of the Effective Aid Ukraine charity, told national broadcaster RTE.
“We are going from being generous to being mean and cold hearted, and I think it’s completely at odds with how the Irish people in general feel about Ukrainians who have no choice but to flee the war.”
(REUTERS)
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