Ahmed said that when he first arrived in Ireland after fleeing violence in his home country of Sudan, he was told by officials there was no place for him to stay.
So, like many other refugees, he pitched a tent near Dublin’s International Protection Office. He said he didn’t have many belongings: some books, a few personal items and photos of family members who were killed in the conflict just weeks before he fled.
But Ahmed, who asked CNN not to reveal his real name because of concerns over his safety, said all that was destroyed earlier this month after far-right anti-immigration activists organized a protest that led to the burning of the make-shift camp where he was staying.
The Sudanese man told CNN he came to Ireland to escape political persecution he is facing at home over his pro-democracy beliefs.
Ahmed said that after escaping Khartoum, he flew to Dublin, where he asked the Irish government for asylum. The man said he was relieved to have found refuge with such “great people.” But a month and a half after arriving in Ireland, he is still waiting for more permanent accommodation as he camps on the streets of Ireland’s capital.
“It is hard to be under a tent, there [is nowhere] to go to the bathroom and no cooking facilities. This is not a solution. We just want to be somewhere safe,” he told CNN.
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