Kerry NEWKD representative voices anger at government move to axe accommodation for war-torn Ukrainians
Project Manager with NEWKD Robert Carey at a Ukrainian war anniversary event in Tralee in February. Photo Olga Derevyanko.
A government plan to end state-supported accommodation for Ukrainians amounts to giving in to anti-migrant rhetoric, according to NEWKD Programme Manager Robert Carey.
Latest Central Statistics Office data shows that approximately 6,600 Ukrainians are registered as living in the county, with just over 39 per cent (2,615) accommodated by the state.