Irish protection system in crisis, says Refugee Council

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The Irish protection system is in crisis, according to the Irish Refugee Council.

In a report focusing on the accommodation crisis, it says that over 52,000 refugees from Ukraine and an increase in the number of people seeking international protection from other countries, means that the State is close to exhausting its options.

Given this challenge, it says additional coordination and leadership are required through the appointment of a refugee response director. Therefore, the report suggests an inspector or inspecting panel should be appointed immediately to oversee safety standards at pre-reception, 'temporary emergency' and tented accommodations, where risks are most obvious, and standards are of most concern.

The council notes that people are accommodated in centres where there is no social services, issues with overcrowding and privacy, damp and inadequate sleeping and unhygienic facilities. While it says it is essential that people are made feel as comfortable as possible while living in temporary structures, solutions to accommodation that are more permanent and appropriate need to be found.

At his department's Budget 2023 briefing last week, Minister for Children Roderic O'Gorman said that due to the increase in the number of international protection applicants and Ukrainians displaced by war arriving in Ireland, there was pressure to meet that deadline.

 

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200 dropped off in the dead of the night into Killarney town. Another hotel gone from Tourism.

This government is a sham for not taking care of their own people. getgovernmentout

'we don't know where we goin' WE DON'T KNOW WHY THEY ARE HERE. THERE ARE NO FUCKING CHILDREN THERE.

Ireland isn't the only rich country with difficulties housing refugees. But it would seem we are the only one willing to sign generous contracts with hotels. Ireland is also an outliner in giving full welfare, esp to those we do house. Luxembourg gives 225e/Mth (accom w/out food)

A wild solution just might be to deport failed asylum seekers and convicted criminals to show we are not a total soft touch. Even allowing for covid, a mere 5 people were removed in 2021 (out of a pathetic 26 orders made) so Helen McEntee needs to get act together

They nearly have every hotel in the country used & are very busy buying up other places,so that'll ease the pressure,the energy prices will work as planned,to make more business owners sell up,what do you think will happen when the free ride ends.

I hope they text their friends over in Africa and tell them not to come then. IrelandisFull

AineNicOisin Ireland has its own crisis to address and Irish men women children homeless send them back where they came from and close the bloody floodgate we are being taken for granted

Take your paid RTE CAMERA OUT on the streets of Dublin,See the IRISH HOMELESS

Have the refugee NGO sector no shame, look at the misery they import for their livelihoods, human cargo.

Was great when Catherine did a video up in dalkey NOT one person of colour,we pretended asked a neighbour of dalkey about direct provision THEIR, THEY WERE DISGUSTED

RTE GOVERNMENT FUNDED,i dare you WALK IN THE STREETS OF DUBLIN

If only they cared for their OWN Irish living in the gutters,the working poor afraid to seek these hostels

I must have missed the media coverage of the wars in Georgia and Albania.

“Brian”😅😅

its common sense that we cannot just keep letting in unlimited numbers of refugees and expect to be able to accommodate all of them ,its common sense to most people that there should be limits on numbers ,rather than just opening the borders so the govt can look good to the E U

Sure we know that already but our clown of a government still open doors

Ahhhh put a cap on the numbers. Simple

Duhhh!! What did they think would happen?!! They invited the world. Offering goodies for all AND a free house within months. Now we are full. Imagine that! Wow, you don’t have to be a genius to figure out that would happen. 🙄IrelandisFull

When u offer own accommodation in four months what the fuck do u expect?

Violins at the ready....

Housing crisis Homeless crisis Health crisis Refugee crisis……government crisis No plan just keep swimming

What about NOT accepting new people into the country while we have a housing crisis

Who would have thought eh? No control, unlimited numbers, numerous appeals, roderick o gorman, housing crisis, 290k indigenous without homes and hey presto

StellaArcana Ireland’s desire to be seen as progressive has backfired due to lack of infrastructure. It is not fair to encourage refugees to come to Ireland when Ireland clearly does not have the necessary facilities in place. No amount of inspectors will be able to change that.

Deport immediately

Let’s call this what it is reverse racism and not a peep from any of the main media about our own been treated like shit , shame on you all !

More money for this

Deport IrelandisFull

Those beds should be for OUR HOMELESS not REFUGEES. The GOVERNMENT is turning IRELAND into a LAUGHING STOCK, and a pure sh!tshow. you don't see any other country doing anything like this. lookafterourown

The ECHR is unfit for purpose and obsolete.

Send them all back where they've come from,or Rwanda

OMG could they make more of a balls of it if they tried?

Mostly young african males by the looks of it...

And our govt will continue to take in many more non Irish,while over 10.000 and more Irish people are homeless.

We have a housing crisis with our own homeless and in need.

If they want a good port recommendation to keep warm, I think rosslare and Dublin are good to head for

IrelandisFull

Maybe the refugee Co are so concerned they should do something about it and tell them not to come to Ireland 🇮🇪 no room anymore

Deport them, they are not refugees but invaders

So don't advertise for any more

Kilsally Is happening all over Europe. This is what the elites want and they don't care about any European Country. This proves to the world the fortunate few run everything not the people. Democracy is a joke.

The Irish Refugee Council should inform All of these countries that there are NO more houses for them BECAUSE of this disastrous government and they could end up on sleeping on the street like the thousands of IRISH people. The days of FREE HOUSES are gone.

Spotter a few Ukrainians cars here long drive through safe countries to get here

Yeeeeee hawwwwwww ride paddy the pig ROIDE HIM LOIKE

Funny how they complain but they are in a better area from where they just were they have something over their head they get fed get everything handed to them and still complain like theres irish people homeless and are happy with food and some sort of shelter

IrelandisFull

Why do the government keep allowing unlimited refugees to come to Ireland? There is nowhere for them to live and it’s not fair on them or the Irish homeless waiting for houses.

Small island, unlimited numbers....what could be causing this?

Crisis caused by....

Crisis caused by....

No wonder we have a crisis, with rodericogorman making promises like this 👇

It happened because when you’re sat at the big EU table with the heavyweights you want to be big ……. Even if you’re only very little with a shite infrastructure ……. And not a clue what you’re doing ….or how you’re going to do it 🤪 But you put your hand up anyway ……

IrelandIsFull

Time to pull funding from these NGOs.

Can’t house the Irish so feck all hope for everyone else. Or is it? 🤔🤔 GlazersOut LUHG

They need to go back to their own countries, end of

government incapable of saying no to Europarl_EN .. so irresponsible MichealMartinTD

It’s completely the government’s fault all of this! They never build houses, they stopped everything

Send refugees back to where they came from. Spain 6th safest in EU now 23rd safest in 4 years. Sweden safest to unsafest in 6 years in Europe Micheál Martin wants 5 million refugees in Ireland by 2030. Swedish MEP tells MM rampaging rapping refugees gangs destroyed Sweden

They need to house refugees exclusively in areas (like D4) where people approve of refugees and vote in pro refugee candidates. Irelandisfull

Should be glad that they have a safe roof over their heads paid for by the citizens of the state.

Their doing better then all the homeless on the streets with no roof over their head whatsoever,, Only time we hear about the homeless crises is when someone is found dead on the streets. ABSOLUTLEY SHOCKING!! Half them aren't even refugees,, coming here on passports they bought!

Well done everyone...a new gravytrain when refugees sue the state for negligence irelandisfull

This is what happens when you put someone like O’gorman in a ministry- surely department officials warned him what would happen if he promoted Ireland as a destination in many languages

I work with young homeless people. In crisis they receive B&B vouchers from council and are forced to change the place they stay in every 2-3 nights… Any comments?

That's what happens when you invite the world to come here and guarantee them a house.

Time for them to go home

maybe if the people put in charge of the refugees did their jobs,this mightnt happen👎

Insanity.

Get are own house in order first,if they dint like the conditions they can always go back home.

Just stop taking them in. We cannot afford to do this ad infinitum.

Who cares

I don't care anymore... The people of Ireland come first.

You want to talk about the racist refugee and housing policy currently in practise?

Send. Them. Home.

Just stop taking them in,simples,they are all con artists.

We cant even house a substantial amount of our own people. Should have never taken them in, our governments first priority should be its own people, plenty other countries to take them in

Disband these NGO's. Examine the value of these 'Councils'. How many billions is wasted on them? They will never be satisfied as their existence and income is based on being unhappy and finding fault.

Every single person I talk to about this situation has the same opinion. Everyone agrees that IrelandIsFull

Learning the hard way.

Do people just not get it we haven't got the accommodation or services to deal with the amount of people that want to come into Ireland. Solution stop them coming in .

Send them home. Most coming in are fake refugees now

Who's fault , ours ? . We never asked for them to be brought in , and plus live like this.

Here's a taught STOP F*CKING BRINGING THEM IN FFS 🙄

So how many non asylum seekers have been identified and RETURNED?

Too many have been brought in from other countries, house the Irish first.

CUT THE WELFARE MAGNET

Too many have been brought in from other countries, house the Irish first.

They shouldn't be in a country that has zero adequate accommodation for them. There has to be a common sense approach by government and a bit of self respect for people left like this. It's a no good situation for anybody

In all fairness it wouldn’t take Sherlock Holmes to work that 1 out.

The Irish people are in crisis

‘People seeking international protection’ is wilfully disingenuous. A majority are not from conflict zones.

The hospitals are in crisis. These ppl getting shipped here is the definition of insanity.

Why are we taking them if we can’t look after them? We can’t look even after our own.. fkn do gooders.. pure aesthetics.

The country is full, close the boarders or at least deport the fail asylum applicants and free up space for those deemed to be genuine asylum seekers

Simple solution deport them ALL

Why no news on his RTE

They're not fleeing anything, not asylum seekers, not refugees they're scammers, looking for free stuff bcz that's what they heard they'll get from Green TD Rod O'Gorman How many €billions has/will the mere processing of 100millions claims who came/want to come here, cost?

Yeah, no shit! That’s kind of what happens when you try and accommodate the entire world in a tiny island. I swear, the government knew exactly the outcome of this because NOBODY could be that dense!!

Palistine for the Palistinians! Ireland for the Irish!

I have a brilliant idea. 💡Bring in even more people who can't be housed

There's over 290,000 hidden homeless Irish men, women and children in Ireland. Couch surfing, multi families crammed into one house, staying with friends, living in vans/cars. The Irish people should be the first priority for housing in Ireland. IrelandIsFull

Is it any wonder? Too PC and weak to call out the genuine fake from the genuine ones in need. The so called asylum process is a farce.

The refugee council is not fit for purpose. It is the lobby group of illegal immigration.

Ireland should sort out the homelessness of its own citizens before playing nurse maid to Albanians, Georgians, Nigerians, Pakistanis etc. Get your priorities right. You are a national government not an international NGO !

Then the refugee council should advice all refugees thinking of coming to Ireland,to go elsewhere,we have done all we can. IRC can't have it both ways.

Ireland 2030 reset.

How many NGOs are involved (riding the hog as my American friends would say)? Sensible thing is to deny to those from safe countries (groups). There are telegram groups with guidelines of how to get in. Georgia, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Algeria are safe countries.

Mmmm Maybe we need an irish nationalist party in power..🤔

Deport the FAKEUGEES which is a high proportion of them!!! But as always RTÉ show one side of this story!

annmcnam Ahhh...yes Inspectors. That'll fix the problem.

Strangers are sharing beds Um what?

Offering own door accommodation to people who can say the word 'asylum'. + A blanket amnesty on illegal immigrants + Top 5% on the planet in terms of welfare payments = An unmitigated disaster. God help the Irish people who need housing or healthcare for the next 10yrs

What where Brian’s sleeping conditions in Africa where he comes from? Because it Sounds like they where much better, so why stay?

You’re not allowed to talk about that.

No shit, bit off more than they can chew, immigration and borders control are there for a reason, why are these people escalating a travesty to the detriment of the Irish people in their own homeland non vetted?

The solution to this problem is staring the government in the face and it isn’t inspectors for accommodation centres. 🙄

Nobody could have predicted this

Figures for 7 months....

There's no housing for Irish people nor Irish homeless. Ireland is full. It's stupid to allow more Ukrainians & people who fly half way around the world to claim asylum here to continue to come here when there is no accommodation for them & then complain there's no accommodation.

This chancer!!!! FAKEUGEE Send him home!!!!!

SEND THEM ALL TO D4! RTE has plenty of room on its grounds Ireland has done its bit Close up now! Immigration control NOW

I wonder now many Irish people are sleeping on the streets tonight or are hungry in the dark cold & wondering how they make it through the winter

Send HIQA in there with a clatter of standards. They won’t know what hit them .

If you bite off more than you can chew then it doesn't work out well

house them out beside all the do gooders in D4 and killiney for a change irelandisfull

ALL SCAM ARTISTS arriving here with their 'Cock and Bull' fabricated stories. They are Economic Migrants. SenatorMcDowell IpatTribunal DeptJusticeIRL Time to start wielding the axe and deporting these failed Economic Migrants.

Bogus International Protection/A.S Thanks to Roderic O'Gorman/Helen McEntee rodericogorman HMcEntee DeptJusticeIRL IpatTribunal promising those arriving here the sun, moon & the stars with their 'own door accommodation' under the White Paper Directive

Good. Everything is in crisis in Ireland. Health housing education crime. We keep voting for FF and FG and we getting the same garbage. Please stop electing them

THE IRISH PEOPLE ARE IN CRISIS

What do you expect when you announce to the whole world that Ireland will give out free houses, welfare money to all who come here claiming International Protection. 😂 Numbers should have been capped. Word is out on Facebook about Freebee Ireland.

Because it was abused. I'm for offering people asylum protection feeling war, until it's safe to go back but it's open door policy and people that actually need protection and asylum can't get it because we're full of people abusing the system.

organisation that depends on a system being in crisis for their slush fund says the system is in crisis. got it.

Is it time WE had a real RIGHT wing party,a reap one ?

Like the rest of the country so…

Eh HELLO,STOP bringing them in,deport all failed CHANCERS, get tough with them.

Does the govt not realise they’re actively putting Ukrainian women and children at risk by not capping the numbers? If you can’t give them a safe place to live then they’d be better off in another country that has the means to provide it

Yeah, it is being abused since it started, deport

It is. Largely because of fake refugees protected by the taxpayer funded Irish Refugee Council.

Simple Solution Close Borders Enforce Migration Control

Well stop taking them in then. The country is in ruins and the primary goal of our government, and the only thing they've been successful at, is cramming more foreigners into the state to further loot our coffers.

All these 'Councils' need to be abolished. They are a waste of money.

Who pays for all of this? We the taxpayers do. Why accept refugees when we have nowhere to accommodate them and in the middle of a cost of living and homeless crisis.

What conflict is ongoing in Zimbabwe?

“The Irish protection system is in crisis, according to the Irish Refugee Council”. Wait…..let me guess…….they want MORE MONEY?

Been a housing crisis for years. Ireland should have suspended asylum seeking years ago. We cannot continue to give away 'free' houses to people who fly here from thousands of miles away bcoz they know they will eventually get a 'free' house or apartment. Cause of housing crisis.

Because scammers don't come for protection they come for financial reasons only..shut down the international protection office to scammers and maybe the crisis will disappear

Refugees, fleeing what,just come here to bleed us dry. They know Ireland is a soft touch and government wont do jack shit to srnd them back. Disgusting

It's a failing business.

Who cares!!! Deport the scum then...

Great news but I suspect this Criminal Government will declare an emergency and start taking properties....feel like that's the plan.

We don’t have a protection system….. we have an open borders welfare tourism industry.

Ireland needs to pull out of any refugee agreement immediately,deport anyone with an application in the last 2 years, deport existing illegal immigrants who have deportation order! We’ve had enough over the last 25 years. Time is well overdue to fix the problems for Irish people

No more uncontrolled immigration irelandisfull all these NGOs need to go as well they are enemies of the people.

Cap the numbers or be more tented accommodation very simple.

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