Friday evening saw sometimes chaotic scenes outside the International Protection Office in Dublin as a worried gathering of men became increasingly anxious as to whether they would get accommodation
One of the tents, used by migrants, covered in snow outside the International Protection Office in Dublin on Friday. Photograph: Cillian Sherlock/PAOn Saturday morning, however, about 20 were back at their tents, having been told to leave their accommodation shortly before 8am. They said had been taken to a centre near Dublin Airport late on Friday night, provided with sleeping bags but no mattresses. They said they had been given “tea and biscuits” before they left.
Up to 100 men, some as young as 18, had been sleeping in tents pitched on pavements and laneways around the headquarters in recent weeks, without access to toilets, running water or rubbish collection. Since early December the department’s International Protection Accommodation Service has said it can no longer offer beds to any but the most vulnerable male asylum seekers as it struggles to source accommodation.
Taxis began arriving around 5pm taking four men at a time to Citywest. It emerged these were men who had presented to make asylum applications on Friday and who were offered accommodation on presentation due to the freezing conditions. It quickly became clear at least 20 men were not on the list. They were taken to one side and a supplementary list was compiled by volunteers who took photos of each man’s IPO identity card and emailed these to the IPAS social worker, who emailed them on to the IPO for verification. This was all done on the pavement outside the offices, in the dark and in freezing rain.
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