One Nigerian man who arrived in Dublin last week and has been sleeping around the city since spoke to Prime Time about his experience said that there are currently 601 asylum seekers who cannot be offered accommodation by the State, up 32 since last Friday, reports RTE.
For many of them, this means sleeping on the streets, sometimes in sub-zero temperatures.
Accompanied by another man in the same situation, they had a tent and heavy coats but no sleeping bags.
“Yesterday, I went to the International Protection Office to do the documentation and they said that the accommodation is not yet available,” he said, reports RTE.
“I am just coping, moving around. It’s freezing at night. We just had to manage by the roadside,” he added, reports RTE.
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