Profiting from Protection: Who’s Made Millions from Refugee Housing?
11 August - 23 mins
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Newstalk Daily
Ireland’s refugee and asylum seeker accommodation system has transformed into a multi-billion-euro industry, one increasingly dominated by a small circle of private operators. As the number of people in the International Protection Accommodation Service has surged in recent years, the State has turned to hotel chains, contractors and entrepreneurs to provide beds, often at eye-watering cost to the taxpayer. Since 2021, more than €5 billion has been spent housing people fleeing war, persecution and instability - but much of that money has ended up in the hands of firms whose operations are largely shielded from public scrutiny.
For this podcast, Ciara Doherty speaks with Business Post senio...
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