Group calls for payment for hosting Ukrainian refugees to include all asylum seekers

Group calls for payment for hosting Ukrainian refugees to include all asylum seekers

Helping Irish Hosts and the Irish Red Cross urged the Government to pilot a programme to 'equalise the welcome' for those seeking international protection in Ireland. File picture: Arthur Carron/Collins Photos

The Accommodation Recognition Payment (ARP) which is currently paid to those hosting Ukrainian refugees should be expanded to encourage hosts to take in asylum seekers, a group representing hosts has said.

Helping Irish Hosts and the Irish Red Cross urged the Government to pilot a programme to “equalise the welcome” for those seeking international protection in Ireland.

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