© NurPhoto / Getty ImagesHundreds of people gathered in Dublin city center to protest against the Homelessness and Housing Crisis, May, 2016
The Irish Red Cross have asked citizens to "put empty space to better use" and house refugees from the Middle East who the government offered asylum to in the middle of a national housing crisis. But are the Irish prepared?
The national
campaign is asking Irish homeowners to "pledge a room or a vacant property for a Syrian refugee today" in an effort to house some of the more than 1,800 refugees who have arrived from predominantly Syria, but also Iraq and Libya.
Despite the country's current housing crisis which has been
described as "serious national challenge and threat" to the economy, the charity is asking people with vacant properties or bedrooms to consider offering it to a refugee family for a minimum year-long contract.
RT spoke to people in Dublin who seemed open to the idea, however most were unable to offer such accommodation in a city that is already succumbing to soaring rent prices and struggling to house a growing homeless population.
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