Eurostat’s July figures are staggering. Ireland is in the highest per capita band, with 22 per 1,000 Population under temporary protection from Ukraine, compared with an EU wide rate of 9.8. That’s 2.2 times the EU rate. Put it another way, 1 in every 46 people in Ireland is now a Ukrainian under temporary protection. Ireland is thousands of kilometres from Ukraine. These numbers are staggering.