Electric Picnic site to turn into refugee camp as hundreds to be housed in tents

Tents at the site of Electric Picnic are to be used to house hundreds of Ukrainian refugees for the next six weeks.

As of June, 84,613 Ukrainian refugees have arrived in Ireland since the beginning of the Russian invasion in February 2022. Minister of State Ossian Smyth said that 750 Ukrainian refugees are to be moved into the festival site this week amid what he called a “short-term” squeeze on accommodation options.

“So in other words, the rates they’re arriving has increased. We’re now faced with a real short-term difficulty for the next few weeks, and the Government has contracted to take over the tents that were at the Electric Picnic over the weekend.

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