Almost 3,000 refugees will be settled in Ireland over the next four years under plans announced in Geneva on Tuesday by the Minister of State with responsibility for immigration. David Stanton said the refugees, whose entitlement to asylum will be already established, would be from Syria and Eritrea and travel to Ireland from settlements in Jordan, Lebanon and Ethiopia. They will arrive under the auspices of the Irish Refugee Protection Programme (IRPP) established in 2015 as part of Ireland’s response to the global refugee crisis. The forum, hosted by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, brings together international actors to discuss strategies and solutions on the issues. “This new phase of the Irish Refugee Protection Programme will build on the work we have been doing since 2015 to resettle thousands of people.”

Source: The Irish Times December 17, 2019 18:11 UTC