Dublin is also planning to terminate state-provided accommodation within a year, Colm Brophy has said<\/p>\n
The Irish government is aiming to terminate government-provided accommodation for Ukrainian migrants within a year, while offering \u201cgenerous\u201d payouts to encourage their repatriation, Minister of State for Migration Colm Brophy has said.
\nSince the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in 2022, around 125,000 Ukrainians have received temporary protection in Ireland, according to Brophy. Between July 2022 and March 2026, Dublin reportedly spent more than \u20ac438 million ($516 million) to provide half of them with housing.
\nDublin has also shelled out nearly \u20ac400 million in \u201cpolitical, humanitarian, economic and non-lethal military aid\u201d for Kiev, while other EU members have funneled billions upon billions of euros into the conflict. Moscow has repeatedly said that the bloc\u2019s support for Kiev has only served to prolong the hostilities.<\/p>\n
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Merz wants Ukrainian men in Germany sent to the front<\/p>\n
In an interview with the Times published on Saturday, Brophy said that discussions were underway within the Irish government with a view to axing state-provided accommodation over the next 12 months.
\n\u201cI don\u2019t see why we as taxpayers should be paying out millions and millions and millions\u2026 because no other EU state is providing that,\u201d the minister stated, adding that the \u201ctimeline is the critical thing here.\u201d The termination of the program has yet to be finalized at the government level, though, he clarified.
\nAccording to Brophy, the Irish government was also considering offering \u201cgenerous\u201d financial incentives to encourage Ukrainians to return home.<\/p>\n
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Norway to cut perks for Ukrainian men<\/p>\n
According to Eurostat, an estimated 4.35 million Ukrainians are registered for temporary protection across the EU. In recent months, a number of member states, including Poland, Germany, Denmark, the Czech Republic, and Hungary, have moved to curb social programs for Ukrainian migrants.
\nGerman Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced last week that Berlin and Kiev would coordinate efforts to return military-age Ukrainian men residing in Germany to their home country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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