The current refugee situation has been described as “very serious” by a Red Cross spokesperson.
The number of refugees arriving in Ireland has increased sharply over the last number of days and some have had to sleep on bare floors at Dublin Airport. Elsewhere, Direct Provision centres are overcrowded and asylum seekers staying at hotels have had to sleep on floors and chairs.
While there have been around 9,000 pledges from Irish people to take in refugees, the government and a number of refugee charities have needed to find alternative ways of accommodating those fleeing war and persecution as they continue to arrive in large numbers.
