Pressure builds on Tusla with 'unprecedented' number of unaccompanied child arrivals

Bernard Gloster, CEO of Tusla, said the agency is "starting to see a pressure on care placements, there is no disputing that", following and "unprecedented" number of unaccompanied arrivals in recent months. Picture: Denis Minihane

Tusla has said it is dealing with an "unprecedented" situation regarding unaccompanied children arriving here, not just from Ukraine.

The Child and Family Agency said 386 referrals had been received since the start of the year, with 167 of those children in the care of the State.