'No one wants refugees to become homeless': Call to delay closure of Direct Provision centre on humanitarian grounds
Clondalkin Towers Image: Donated to the Asylum Archive Clondalkin Towers Image: Donated to the Asylum Archive THERE HAVE BEEN calls for the planned closure of a Direct Provision centre in Dublin to be postponed until the housing needs of residents with refugee or predicted status are rehomed.
The Jesuit Refugee Service and the Peter McVerry Trust have been helping residents source new accommodation, in a bid to prevent them becoming homeless, through the PATHS Project. The project is supported by the Department of Justice and is ahead of schedule in its goal to resettle 140 people by the end of 2019.
Moriarty said a social worker assesses a family or person’s needs and tries to match them with suitable accommodation. The social worker arranges viewings of private rented accommodation or sources an alternative property. People living in institutionalised settings who are denied rights to employment are at a considerable disadvantage at the outset. “There are just not that many properties out there, it’s so competitive. People are not securing property in as timely a manner as we want…
The Department of Justice or Fazyard Ltd did not respond to a request for comment in relation to the closure of Clondalkin Towers potentially being postponed on humanitarian grounds. Applicants who have been granted status or a permission to remain – either because their claim for international protection has been accepted or on other discretionary grounds – should no longer be residing in accommodation centres as they have the same housing, social welfare and other rights as everyone else.
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