Dr. Shana Cohen

There's the moral responsibility because there's a conflict in Europe.

And Ireland likes to position itself in that kind of framework.

And then there is the practical issue.

that the economy needs migrants.

So I'm not sure about the message that it sends.

It's not just, for me, focusing on Ukrainian migrants has the possibility to slip into migrants in general.

And that's the captain of the, you know, the far right is not maybe politically popular here, but it's definitely influencing the rhetoric and the narrative.

And that would be my fear.

No, no.

But you have a sense you don't want to confuse.

You don't want to confuse issues.

You don't want to say, OK, that we're going to limit the rights of Ukrainians.

But then it slips into limiting their rights.

If you take away their accommodation and you don't give them enough, if they've had support and you don't give them the proper support to adjust.

No, but the government needs to make sure that they don't end up rearranging the chairs on the Titanic.

That's the thing.

And then you create a problem where you have a girl.

Okay, well, there are lots of immigrants.

who are homeless.

And so you have this growing narrative that maybe we need.