Mick Clifford: We can't lose compassion for refugees

 Ukrainian refugee Vira Horniak from Uzhhorod, who is now living in the Quality Hotel in Redbarn, recently took part in a march to Youghal to thank Irish people for their hospitality and solidarity with her country.  Picture: David Creedon 

Here are some extracts from an Irish government memo about refugees who arrived in this jurisdiction.

“Refugees are not always just frightened people who are thankful for the assistance being given them,” the memo declared. “Some of them can be very demanding and ungrateful, even obstreperous and fractious — as well as, particularly in the case of teenage boys, destructive.”