One-in-Seven Irish Hotels being used to House Refugees and Asylum Seekers, according to new Figures October 8, 2022 Admin Irish News </p> <h2>700% increase on the numbers arriving last Year</h2> <p> Ireland has taken in nearly 10,000 asylum seekers already this year – and that does not include the 54,000 Ukrainians who have arrived in Ireland since the war began.</p> <p>It is a 700% increase on the numbers arriving last year; however, the Department of Justice said this is because COVID restrictions prevented international travel for large parts of 2021.</p> <p>Around 400 asylum seekers are currently arriving in Ireland every week and by the end of the year, the country is expected to have taken in around 15,000.</p> <p>That would be more than triple the numbers seen arriving in the years before the pandemic – 4,781 in 2019 and 3,674 in 2018.</p> <p>Head to Newstalk.com for the full story.<br /> <br /> Credit to : Newstalk</p> <p> Please support our Sponsors here --
