'A new low': Migrants rights groups raise concern as refugees facing homelessness

Citywest is to close to new arrivals in the coming days due to capacity issues, Minister Roderic O'Gorman has said. Picture: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin

The Government has come under fire from migrant rights organisations which have described the possibility of newly arriving asylum seekers having to sleep on the streets as “a new low” for Ireland.

Urgent action was needed from the Government, not just the Department of Children, John Lannon, CEO of Doras, told Newstalk Breakfast. There should be a coordinated Government approach.