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Editorial: Genuine concern about overloading refugee system should not be seen as xenophobic

There needs to be an honest and open debate about immigration or the far-right will fill the vacuum

Ireland has welcomed more than 101,200 arrivals from Ukraine with 74,500 people currently living in state accommodation.

Last Tuesday’s decision by the cabinet to reduce the benefits offered to people arriving here from Ukraine marks an important shift in this state’s response to Russia’s barbaric invasion.

To be forced to flee from your homeland because of aggression is a horror that cannot be contemplated.

Our state’s response to this invasion has been extraordinary but unsustainable.

Following a major row over this issue at cabinet several weeks ago, ministers approved a revised approach ...