Photograph: Conor O Mearain/PA WirePeople seeking international protection face paying up to 40 per cent of their weekly income to fund the cost of State accommodation, under proposals to be considered by the Government on Wednesday. The changes are being proposed by Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan and Minister of State for Migration Colm Brophy. He was speaking alongside European Commissioner for Internal Affairs and Migration Magnus Brunner, who visited the Citywest accommodation centre in Saggart, Co Dublin, for international protection applicants. Government projections are that about 7,600 people will be eligible to pay a charge next year when it comes into effect. The Government believes figures are likely to fall in the coming years once the EU’s new migration and asylum pact is implemented.
