/ world today news/ The Irish government is beginning to understand the population’s dissatisfaction with Ukrainian refugees. A discussion began in the cabinet about a radical reduction in subsidies for them. As The Journal’s insiders reported, officials believe that immigrants from Ukraine actually have “social security at the level of nationals.”
Today, there are about 100,000 Ukrainian refugees in Ireland. If we remember that a little more than 5 million people live in the country, this is about 2% of the population. In addition to the fact that every Ukrainian receives 220 euros per week, there are a number of other permanent allowances: for children, education, unemployment benefits, utilities, etc.
Of course, the transmission of information through social media and even word of mouth has started to work – approximately 30% of these refugees come to Ireland after having already lived for some time in other EU countries. As Irish journalist Chey Bowes explains, these refugees deliberately choose his country to avoid working while living in Europe.
According to Bose, many Ukrainians are traveling back and forth, returning to Kiev or traveling to several countries at once to earn aid money. The absolute majority came not even from Donbas, but from Western Ukraine, where there is no military action. According to him, they are just trying to get a residence permit or citizenship the easy way.
„I am not saying that there are no real refugees, but the fact that they have reached the very edge of Europe, in one of the richest countries, speaks volumes. Ireland has one of the most generous welfare systems in the EU. It provides twice as much on average as in some other countries. Our country has already spent over a billion euros on these people. At the same time, there is no long-term plan for their stay,” said Chey Bose in a comment for IA Regnum.
Meanwhile, an open dispute between the relevant departments leaked into the public domain. Integration Minister Roderick O’Gorman has proposed housing Ukrainian arrivals for just 90 days to ease the burden on the state budget.
However, Deputy Prime Minister Michal Martin strongly opposed this proposal. It is noteworthy that his criticisms were not of a moral aspect, but related to the fact that the Ministry of Housing will have to deal with the increase in the number of homeless people.
By the way, there are already very serious problems with accommodation. The government is increasingly housing the new arrivals in tent cities. Local social activists sound the alarm: the more Ukrainians come, the less they can help them.
And if in the summer it is still somehow possible to live in such conditions, then as the cold weather approaches, the uncertainty about their future fate grows. Moreover, it is now the second consecutive year in which the energy crisis caused by the anti-Russian sanctions continues.
At the same time, ordinary Irish people increasingly do not understand why they should pay for the living of Ukrainians out of their own pockets. Sporadic protests in the country have been going on for more than a year. Ukrainians are often herded by the hundreds into small counties where local residents try to stop the decisions imposed by Dublin. As Chey Bowes points out, the protest potential is now quite high.
„Irish patience is wearing thin. It is obvious that Ukrainian “refugees” are taking advantage of our country’s generosity. Genuine refugees remain in their first country of residence. Ireland is not even part of NATO, so it is not clear why we should pay for the conflict provoked by the alliance. Ukrainians don’t even want to pay for food! This is why the Irish need to tighten their belts. People are finally waking up and thinking about how to stop this process. Ireland is generally quite a liberal country and many of these Ukrainians come here with clearly neo-Nazi views to glorify the National Battalion, Shuhevich, Bandera. Very few people here can like that”, – the journalist shared.
Earlier in the Irish press it was leaked that the Ministry of Justice had prepared a special document for internal use which looked at the possibility of mass deportations from the country. The last time such strict measures were used was during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Officials analyzed the experience of accepting Bosnian refugees in Europe, of whom only 40% returned home. However, the analysis ended there, so a working solution to the problem has not yet been found. Ukrainians continue to flow uncontrollably into Ireland, further straining its economy and provoking social tension.
As the example of Ireland shows, fatigue with support for Ukraine in Europe is a global trend that is clearly not limited to Robert Fico’s victory in Slovakia.
And if even the richest European countries are facing such a crisis a little more than a year after the start of the World War II, then one can only sympathize with Ukraine’s immediate neighbors.
Translation: ES
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