The Irish government is planning to consider a significant reduction in the weekly allowance for refugees from Ukraine. This was reported by the Irish newspaper The Irish Times.
According to The Irish Times, on 11 December, the Irish cabinet will consider proposals by Integration Minister Roderick O’Gorman. It is proposed to reduce the amount of allowance for unemployed Ukrainian refugees arriving in the country from 220 euros (21744 rubles) per week to 38.80 euros (3838 rubles) per week. This amount is identical to the allowance for refugees from other countries seeking asylum.
In addition, O’Gorman’s initiative involves providing accommodation for up to 90 days only. In the Irish Refugee Council such measures caused discontent. They felt that the government was putting “short-term deterrence ahead of long-term planning”.
The newspaper’s sources in the ruling coalition said that the new rules would apply only to future refugees and not to the 100,000 Ukrainians already in the country.
Late last week, O’Gorman’s initiative was also supported by Ireland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence Simon Coveney. In his opinion, the country is “significantly” more favourable to Ukrainian refugees than the vast majority of other EU member states.
Earlier, Reuters sources said that the EU initiative to allocate military aid to the Kiev regime was encountering growing resistance from the association’s member states. Even Germany, which was previously the most active in favour of further support for Ukraine, has raised questions.