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'No joint up approach' to solve asylum accommodation shortage - Boyd Barrett

In a statement this afternoon, a spokesperson for the Department of Integration has said that it can no longer provide accommodation to all international protection applicants, due to a severe shortage.  They have said that tents and sleeping bags will be provided to people where required.  Kieran was joined by Tom McEnaney, Media Consultant and Founder of Effective Aid Ukraine, who has helped over 1,000 refugees get into Ireland and Richard Boyd Barrett, People Before Profit TD for Dun Laoghaire to discuss...

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18.25 4 Dec 2023


'No joint up approach' to solve asylum accommodation shortage - Boyd Barrett


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In a statement this afternoon, a spokesperson for the Department of Integration has said that it can no longer provide accommodation to all international protection applicants, due to a severe shortage. 

They have said that tents and sleeping bags will be provided to people where required. 

Kieran was joined by Tom McEnaney, Media Consultant and Founder of Effective Aid Ukraine, who has helped over 1,000 refugees get into Ireland and Richard Boyd Barrett, People Before Profit TD for Dun Laoghaire to discuss...


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