Refugees from Ukraine are not happy with their living conditions in Ireland. Among other things they are unhappy with the fact that they have to travel long distances every day to eat, as well as poor ventilation and too many lodgers in their accommodation, reports Irish Examiner.
Ukrainian refugees in Ireland have complained that they have to walk a kilometre away from their accommodation centre every day to eat. Others complained that they had to shower outside, the Irish Examiner wrote, citing autumn reports from the Department of Equality, Disability, Integration, Children and Youth Affairs.
Another complaint the department received was about inadequate ventilation and overcrowding. It also pointed to the lack of a seating area for adults and children, the paper noted.
“Ventilation is poor and some rooms have no windows. The showers are outdoors and under tarpaulins. There is no suitable place to store clothes or belongings and no privacy,” the paper says.
More than 60,000 Ukrainians have arrived in Ireland since the conflict began. Many of them live in 500 hotels located in different parts of the country, which are used as accommodation centres, the paper explains.
Emma Lane-Spollen, coordinator of the Ukraine Civil Society Emergency Response group, assured Irish Examiner that the vast majority of the centres were working “without fail”. However, she admitted that in some cases Ukrainians did have to live in “very poor conditions, including damp and mould”.
Moreover, according to Lane-Spollen, some refugees are reluctant to complain about such inconveniences because they fear eviction. To solve these problems, sufficient resources are needed to monitor the 500 centres, she stressed.
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