3,256 'unmet requests' for refuge because the services were full in 2018

Around nine requests a day for refuge had to be refused last year because the services were full.

3,256 'unmet requests' for refuge because the services were full in 2018
Tue, 10 Dec, 2019 - 14:30
Evelyn Ring

Around nine requests a day for refuge had to be refused last year because the services were full.

All requests for help were responded to, said Safe Ireland, with women and children accommodated in hotels and B&Bs where possible but in some cases, a woman might choose to go home.

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