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ASYLUM seekers deserve to have their weekly state allowances more than trebled to €70, according to the Government’s advisory agency on racism.

A submission to the new government will next week call for the €19.10 allowance to be raised to €70.

Some asylum seekers have lived in state accommodation surviving on the budget for up to four years, according to the National Consultative Committee on Racism and Interculturalism, which yesterday called for the increase.

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