The Houses of the Oireachtas Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) has confirmed that spending on Direct Provision accommodation is expected to increase to over €229 million in 2021. This represents a €21 million increase on the spending allocated for 2020. The details are contained in the PBO analysis of the Government’s proposal to Dáil Éireann […]
In the latest of a raft of laws seen as moves to curb immigration, Denmark has said it will limit “non-Western” residents in disadvantaged neighborhoods to 30% by 2031 under new legislation. The bill, proposed by Denmark’s centre-left government, was prompted by concerns that concentrations of “non-Westerners” increased “the risk of an emergence of religious […]
On the same day that the Irish Times reports that Dublin City Council faces a six-year wait to start housing projects, the Minister for Children Roderick O’Gorman has announced a government commitment to asylum seekers that they will get the keys to their own accommodation after four months and will be able to work after […]
There has been an overwhelming increase in County Waterford’s migrant population over the last two and a half decades, the local council has heard. According to Ivan Grimes, Director of Services for Waterford County Council, the proportion of migrants living in Waterford has increased from 1 in 20 in 1995, to 1 in 7 today […]