Asylum seekers face sleeping on street as Government likely to run out of accommodation spaces this week

It is understood Integration Minister Roderic O’Gorman raised the matter at Cabinet on Tuesday and outlined to Ministers the capacity constraints with accommodation. File picture: Larry Cummins

Asylum seekers face sleeping on the street as the Government is likely to run out of accommodation spaces this week, senior sources have said.

Government sources have said there are now “serious concerns” about the safety of international protection applicants who will arrive into the country this week and they may end up sleeping on the street. Sources said these concerns have now intensified in the wake of the riots in Dublin on Thursday.