Ukrainian refugees will be offered 'accommodation only' and must pay for food

People from Mariupol in eastern Ukraine earlier this year being transported out of the war zone. File Picture: AP

Refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine are to be offered "accommodation only" and will have to pay for their food and day-to-day expenses out of their welfare payments, the Government has agreed.

A plan, which will see refugees made only one offer of suitable accommodation has also been agreed but is being "fleshed out" after Friday's incorporeal Cabinet meeting.