Posted by Ukrainian refugees face restrictions on social housing – Claire Scott Minister closes a loophole that let Ukrainians spend months abroad and still get free accommodation Officials confirmed that some Ukrainians who arrived before March last year had been leaving for extended periods, in some cases “for months at a time”, without seeing their accommodation affected. A total of 112,000 Ukrainians have sought refugee status in Ireland since the Russian invasion three years ago, with about 80,000 understood still to be living in the state, based on active PPSN numbers belonging to Ukrainian people, according to the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office.
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