Minister for Integration Roderic O’Gorman is proposing that about six large reception and accommodation centres for asylum seekers be established by the State as a response to the current refugee accommodation crisis. Photograph: Niall Carson/PAThe Government may not identify locations for proposed new reception and accommodation centres for asylum seekers before the local and European elections, according to Government sources familiar with preliminary discussions on the subject. However, he could not say that any sites would be identified before the June elections, and a number of senior Government sources said this would be unlikely. Ministers are acutely conscious of potential local opposition to accommodation centres for asylum seekers. READ MORECurrently male asylum seekers are not being provided with accommodation, with the result that many are sleeping in tents on the streets of Dublin.

Source: The Irish Times January 24, 2024 21:57 UTC