Tented villages will be needed 'for some time' – Micheál Martin

A July 2022 picture of the interior of a military tent set up in Gormanston military camp in Co Meath to shelter Ukrainian refugees. File picture: Department of the Taoiseach /PA

Temporary accommodation including tented villages will be required to provide emergency capacity to shelter refugees for some time, Tánaiste Micheál Martin has said.

Mr Martin said there will be a “continuing flow” of people to Ireland as refugees flee war and the impacts of climate change.