Government TD calls for cap on Ukrainian refugees as capacity has been 'exceeded'

Ukrainian refugees rest in a refuge room at Przemysl Glowny train station in Poland, after arriving by train from Ukraine to flee the Russian invasion.

Ukrainian refugees rest in a refuge room at Przemysl Glowny train station in Poland, after arriving by train from Ukraine to flee the Russian invasion.

A Government TD has said the Government should cap the number of Ukrainian refugees arriving in Ireland adding that we have now "exceeded" capacity.

"There is no shame whatsoever in us as a county, and us as a country, in saying 'we have done everything we can'," Clare deputy Cathal Crowe told Clare FM.

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