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Blaming migrants for rising homelessness is a blatant dogwhistle by the Taoiseach

When asked to explain the spiralling homelessness figures, the Taoiseach blamed vulnerable migrants. He said homeless numbers are now heavily impacted by people seeking international protection. This, as the Minister knows, is not true. The biggest correlating factor in the context of rising homelessness in Ireland is not rising migration, it is Fine Gael in government. Every year for more than a decade, homelessness figures have increased. Nearly 14,500 people are now homeless, including almost 4,500 children. This is, of course, an indictment not of vulnerable migrants but of this Government and previous Governments.