Over the past several months, I have spent considerable time in spreadsheets, digging into the State’s refugee accommodation system for our Private Provision series out this week.  The most lasting image from this reporting series is the clear sense that the emergency response to the recent refugee crisis – the number of people seeking protection here has shot up since 2022 – has turned into a profitable, private-led industry.  Amid a monotonous, forensic grind – compiling, cleaning, and finding corporate connections among a mountain of 32,000 State purchase orders worth €6.3 billion – one thing becomes evidently clear.  The State,…

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