Sleeping on the streets of Dublin is 'terrifying', says asylum seeker

One applicant for international protection told the Irish Examiner: 'I spend most of my day in the day centres and then when they close I have to go on the streets.'  Piccture: Gareth Chaney/Collins

A young man seeking asylum who has been without accommodation since arriving in Ireland last Monday has described sleeping on the streets of Dublin as “terrifying”.

Homeless services have also warned that the lack of accommodation for a continuously rising number of international protection applicants is a “recipe for disaster”.