Housing crisis leaves thousands of 'recognised' refugees trapped in state accommodation

There are 'major implications for the capacity to accommodate new applicants'. Picture: PA

The housing crisis has trapped thousands of refugees with protection status in state-provided accommodation, research has found.

Around 6,000 ‘recognised refugees’, who are entitled to housing supports and who could leave International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) centres for autonomous housing, cannot move out because of the chronic shortage of available social and affordable housing, and inadequacies in mainstream support services, the research by the European Migrant Network (EMN) Ireland and the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) shows.