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Appeal For Suitcases For Ukrainian Refugees Leaving Midlands Accommodation Site

Thursday, 12 October 2023 09:32

By Kamron Clarke @kamron_clarke

They are due to leave next Tuesday.

An appeal has been launched to provide suitcases for Ukrainian refugees leaving a tented accommodation site in the midlands.

Those fleeing the war in Ukraine are due to leave the grounds of Electric Picnic in Stradbally next Tuesday, as the six-week contract hasn't been renewed.

The Stradbally Ukrainian Response Team says many leaving the site are doing so with only a shopping bag for their belongings, and are appealing to anyone with a spare suitcase to donate it.

They can be dropped into Saint Vincent De Paul or St. Patrick's Church.

The Department of Integration says it's continuing to procure further accommodation as well as utilising its existing sites.

In a statement to Midlands 103, the Department of Integration says:

"The Department prepares and plans on an ongoing basis for projected arrival numbers for Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection as well as the management of accommodation resources for those already in the country.

In this regard, the Department continues to procure further available accommodation as well as fully utilising its existing accommodation portfolio.

The need for contingency measures is kept under continual review."

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