A Midwest migrants’ rights group has criticised the Government for “abandoning to the streets”, people who came to this country seeking safety and protection. It follows confirmation from the Department of Integration that it can no longer house newly arrived international protection applicants. A spokesperson for the Department said tents and sleeping bags will be […]
A Midwest migrants’ rights group is calling on the government to show “responsible leadership” to ensure those seeking refuge in Ireland can feel safe and secure. Senior government sources have indicated there are “serious concerns” that international protection applicants will soon have to live in tents or sleep rough, with accommodation spaces likely to run […]
The Clare Immigrant Support Network is describing the ongoing use of tented accommodation at Knockalisheen Direct Provision Centre as ‘inhumane & unsafe’. Figures made available in Dáil Eireann by Minister for Integration, Roderic O’Gorman show that 102 Asylum seekers are currently living at the Meelick facility. The use of tented shelter at the South-East Clare […]
The co-ordinator of the Clare Immigrant Support Centre believes tented accommodation at Knockalisheen is being used as a ‘disincentive’ to people staying long periods of time in direct provision. It comes as 80 asylum seekers had to sleep in tents in freezing conditions in Knockalisheen over the weekend. The numbers living in direct provision have […]
The Co-ordinator of the Clare Immigrant Support Centre believes it’s a “sad reflection on our county” that people are living in tented accommodation during the current cold snap. 88 international protection applicants, who arrived into the country during or soon after Christmas, are continuing to be accommodated at such accommodation on the site of the […]