About 150 Ukrainian refugees will be moved from DublinAirport to a military camp in County Meath from today
The chief executive of the Irish Refugee Council, Nick Henderson, said the availability of accommodation has been greatly reduced.
"I think it really is an indication of the serious situation that we are in, that we have come to a point where we are accommodating people in tented style accommodation, according to the minister yesterday it will be as many as 16 to a tent," he told BBC NI's Good Morning Ulster.Meanwhile, refugees travelling to Ireland from 20 European countries will be required visas from Tuesday.
Mr Henderson believed the Irish government was introducing this measure due to the shortage in accommodation and people from other countries exploiting the system."We would encourage the government to focus on its policies, bring in accommodation in the medium and long term, otherwise we think there will continue to be pitch points over the summer and into the autumn where we are forced to use accommodation of this manner.
Minister for Agriculture Charle McConalogue told RTÉ the government's visa plan was "fair and appropriate".
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