No migrant arrivals integrated here until December

The first people coming to Ireland under the Government’s new refugee action plan will not move into local communities until December at the earliest.

Despite the outpouring of public support for refugees and growing calls for an urgent response to the crisis, no new arrivals are expected for some weeks.

When they come, they will have to be formally assessed to determine their eligibility to remain — a process that will at best take a further number of weeks.