‘I just need to sleep; we are like homeless now.’ Asylum seekers who paid thousands of Euro to travel to Ireland say they are now living on the streets with nowhere to go. JoshCrosbie3 reports BKNT
this morning, Josh Crosbie spoke to asylum seekers seeking help from the Eire Nua Food Initiative on O’Connell Street.
Two men from Syria told him they travelled to Ireland on fake passports after paying thousands to criminals to bring them here.“I left Syria in 2021 and I lived in Lebanon,” said one. “I was working there two years and I met another person who told me, OK, if you need travel, I can help you with this but I need money.A person wrapped in a sleeping bag in Dublin city centre in January 2021. Picture by: Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie“My family is dead,” he said. “My father and mother.
“I have one brother but I don’t know where he is. I lost him four years ago. I don’t know if he is alive or dead. I don’t know.“They took from me like $14,000,” he said. “All what I have. “We don’t know where to go. I’m back here to see where I will sleep. I need to sleep. We are like homeless now.”It comes as emergency shelter has been paused at the Citywest hub.
Manager of the Centre, Alan Bailey, says plans are in place to deal with an expected increase in service users.
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