Conerns are being raised about asylum seekers being housed in tented accommodation in Athlone.
176 asylum seekers are due to move into a tented village alongside a direct provision centre near Lissywollen today.
However, there is no date set for when they will be moved to more permanent accommodation.
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Nick Henderson, chief executive of the Irish Refugee Council, says tented accommodation doesn't meet people's 'basic needs'.
''Emergency accommodation must meet somebody's basic needs and be used for a shorter period as possible we don't think tented accommodation as is currently used and until the end of the autumn we understand it meets those two requirements.''
