Expert groups told Taoiseach state was relying too heavily on volunteers in Ukrainian refugee response

Leading NGOs told government in a letter that they were concerned about the lack of ‘coordination and coherence’ of the country’s refugee response

Volunteers working in a Ukraine donation shop on Clarendon Street in Dublin 2. Picture: Sam Boal/Rollingnews.ie

Leading migrant rights organisations told the government they were “deeply concerned” about the lack of “coordination and coherence” of the country’s response to the Ukraine refugee crisis before a significant meeting this morning.

Leading figures in 43 charities and NGOs around the country told Micheál Martin, the Taoiseach, that the government was relying too much on a volunteer-led approach, and said the strategy was not “appropriate, realistic nor sustainable”.

Martin this morning met with migrant ...