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.