Cabinet to meet on refugee crisis as 78 turned away from State accommodation

Ukranian refugees, Tetiana Antropova and Tetiana Romanko, stayed at Dublin Airport over the weekend, due to the lack of accommodation available. Picture: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin

The Cabinet will use an incorporeal meeting later this week to sign off on a number of emergency measures to help with the refugee crisis, as it emerged 78 people were turned away from State accommodation.

A Government source has said due to a drop in numbers at the Citywest hub and the Dublin Airport facility, they are confident that they will no longer have to turn people away.