Due to the large financial support in Ireland, more and more Ukrainian refugees from other EU countries are moving there.
Ireland may cut back state support for asylum seekers and refugees, in particular from Ukraine. This applies even to those who have come to Ireland for a long time.
Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris stated this, The Guardian reports.
Ireland is considering cutting government support for asylum seekers and refugees. The main goal of the state is to bring payments in line with other European countries, because due to the large financial support in Ireland, more and more Ukrainian refugees from other EU countries are moving there.
“We need to evaluate the contribution that people with refugee status have to make to ensure accommodation. We need to ensure that everyone works legally, to have more inspections in the workplace,” Harris said.
He stressed that support for Ukrainian asylum seekers should not depend on when exactly they arrived in Ireland. That is, if new rules are introduced, they will apply to all Ukrainian refugees in the country, and not just new arrivals.
Note, Ireland updated the rules for newly arrived refugees as of March 14. Those Ukrainians who decide to move to this country after this date are placed in public housing for only 90 days. Previously, such placement was indefinite.
Also payments to Ukrainians in Ireland were reduced by 5.5 times. Now newly arrived citizens of Ukraine who have settled in free public housing are paid not 220 euros per week, but 38.8 euros per adult. Thus, in hryvnia equivalent, the benefit was cut from approximately 9.2 thousand UAH to 1.6 thousand UAH. At the same time, 28.9 euros per week (about 1.2 thousand UAH) are allocated per child.
A refugee can qualify for higher payments if he leaves public housing and rents an apartment, room or house on his own.
Ukrainian refugees already in Ireland will continue to receive 220 euros in benefits per adult per week.
By the way, on April 30, the law on assistance to refugees from Ukraine was changed in Poland. It is planned to further reduce a number of benefits and tie social payments to the education of children in Polish schools.
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