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Cost Of Housing Asylum Seekers Jumps To €36,000 Per Person Annually

The bill to the state is to reach 1.2 billion euro in 2025.

The cost for housing asylum seekers is up on last year's figure.

The bill to the state is to reach 1.2 billion euro in 2025.

It works out at €36,000 euro per person, which is about €100 a day.

That's an increase from €33,000 last year.

Around 33,000 people are currently being housed by the International Protection Accommodation Service across more than 320 centres nationwide.

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