Ireland has taken less than half of the refugees from war zones it has committed to accept, official figures show. The Government has refused to take any of its allocation from Italy after the authorities there turned down requests for gardaí to conduct security assessments of refugees on Italian soil. “To date, 1,022 persons have been safely been relocated to Ireland from Greece,” Mr Stanton told the Oireachtas Justice Committee. Mr Stanton said Ireland was “unable” to keep commitments to relocate asylum seekers from Italy. He said gardaí had conducted similar security assessments in Greece and Lebanon and said they had worked “very well”.

Source: Evening echo December 05, 2018 15:00 UTC