Over 1,300 Asylum Seekers In The Midlands

Minister for Integration, Roderic O' Gorman

The midlands accounts for just under 7% of the Ireland's asylum seekers.

There are over 1,300 asylum seekers being accommodated in the midlands.

Nationally, nearly 20,000 people accessed International Protection Accommodation Services in Ireland in January - the region accounts for just under 7% of those.

Westmeath housed 689 asylum seekers last month, the most in the midlands.

That figure is 504 in Laois, and 170 in Offaly, among the lowest in the country.

The capital is responsible for the largest number of IPAS occupancy in Ireland, with 7,657 - that accounts for 39% of the country's figures.

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