Plans to dramatically cut welfare benefits for refugees from Ukraine who flee to Ireland to avoid Russia's war are causing anxiety, according to a priest who works with the new arrivals. Officials in Dublin say that they want to "slow" the number of people arriving from Ukraine.

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[–] FaceDeer@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago (6 children)

In fairness, much of Ukraine is actually pretty safe these days and it might be best for all concerned if a lot of Ukrainians went back there to help keep the local economy going as strong as possible. Gearing up to accept mass quantities of Ukrainian refugees made sense in the first few weeks of the war when there was a strong perceived risk of Russia rolling over and genociding the whole country but that's no longer in the cards.

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

Sauce? Kinda blowing my mind right now

It sounds like propoganda but I'm open to the possibillity if you can back it up

[–] Ulara@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years ago

Thank you for your kindness. Ukraine is in indeed subjected to daily attacks. Fortunately most of the missiles are shot down, but air raids in the middle of the night or at any time of the day are stressful.

I have a nice place to live in Ukraine, but many refugees have nowhere to return to.

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