Crèche will ‘help refugee children learn through play’

A dedicated crèche facility has been created at a refugee centre in west Waterford to cater for children of migrants awaiting permanent relocation, here.

The average stay for the refugee families at the former 120-bed Clonea Strand Hotel near Dungarvan is 12-14 weeks.

Overlooking Clonea beach about two miles from Dungarvan, the centre received its first allocation of displaced Syrian families from Lebanon in December 2015, under the UNHCR protection programme.