Confusion over asylum accommodation offer during storm

Rough sleeping asylum seekers remain in tents on streets around the International Protection Office in Dublin 2 this afternoon, amid ongoing confusion around the Department of Integration's offer of temporary accommodation during Storm Kathleen.

However, only those whose names are on a priority accommodation list are being emailed offers of temporary accommodation. "However I did tell them that there are more people that we haven't been able to get the names of, so I'm actually back here at the IPO trying to collect those names, but there are people who don't speak English, there are people who don't have email addresses or Irish phone numbers, or any phone number or any phone, so we're trying to figure out how to tell them if they do get an accommodation offer," Ms Headon said.

Sammi has been offered temporary accommodation for the weekend, but he said that two more of his friends who are staying in the tents had not received any offer yet.The alternative accommodation is only being offered for the weekend amid Status Yellow wind warnings and"potential extreme weather"conditions, the Department of Integration said.

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