long-term plans in place some say. that we ve been able to accommodate people with such short notice. if you asked me that before the war, i would have said it s impossible. now we need to think of a long-term plan for this. there s also this concern of why aren t we able to do all the thing we have done for ukrainian refugees and apply that to all people seeking asylum in ireland. reporter: lucky cambula from south africa shared a room in a government-run facility for years. living in limbo until his papers were processed. he s now campaigning for better accommodations for all asylum seekers. shows all along that the government is capable of treating us better. reporter: unlike other asylum seekers, ukrainian refugees were immediately granted the right to work and received welfare payments in ireland. thousands of children were enrolled quickly in irish schools. they had everything sorted
credit card out, book a flight and fly to poland. reporter: per capita, the country of 5 million people has taken in more ukrainian refugees than many of its neighbors in western europe. the country says more than 27,000 have arrived so far. the united kingdom has had roughly the same number of refugees arrive despite having a population more than 13 times the size. but not all refugees in ireland received the royal treatment. the government has warned that resources are stretched. look, it s not ideal. it s not all the gold standard accommodation that we would like. but this is a crisis situation. most people are in hotels. some people are in more basic accommodation. yes, it is getting more difficult, particularly as it is clear now this war is not going to end any time soon. reporter: authorities have set up emergency camp beds in an arena in cork, they will repurpose student hopes and holiday homes. the government needs better
cap on the number of refugees that it takes in. irish-born son donie o sullivan returned to ireland. reporter: this 15th century castle on ireland s west coast is about as far from ukraine as you can get in europe. but for a group of ukrainian families fleeing the war, it s now home. it s really amazing, the castle. i never dreamed that i could live in castle in future, but now i live with my two boys, with my family. reporter: the great hall. the great hall. this is where we have our celebrations and big dinners. reporter: the owner didn t have to think long about traveling to poland to offer up his castle to refugees. we decided that we had to do something. we had no real plan. we were nervous and thinking how do we do this. it s pretty simple, you get your
new decree, do not cover themselves will be fired. this is the latest taliban restriction on women after earlier crackdowns on driving and barring women and girls from education. first lady jill biden is in eastern europe this weekend. she s getting a first-hand look at the ukrainian refugee crisis there. right now she s in slovakia. this is a part of her four-day tour. she visited a school a bit ago to mark mother s day and meet with students and teachers. she ll meet with the country s first female president at some point today. yesterday, first lady biden visited a school in romania and heard heartbreaking stories from women and children who escaped the war in ukraine. this school in bucharest opened its doors to refugee stoops after russia s invasion began in february. since the war began, more than 27,000 ukrainian refugees have already been accepted to ireland. that s right. ireland has pledged to place no