-THE BOARDWALK-
parallels to the Irish who went to London
-desolate buildings-
office blocks
and of the construction boom,
jobless.
“You don’t have options…
You do whatever you should do.”
2004: 200, 000 foreign workers outside the EU, 10 new
countries joined the EU.
1/3 of people sleeping rough in Ireland
are non-Irish, 20’s to 40’s age range
migrant workers
Capuchins Brothers providing food, one Brother said he would
rather they go back to their own country
instead of staying here and draining our Social Welfare resources…
CEO Depaul Ireland
– dependent on alcohol, very hard cycle to break.
“Two options on the street drugs or alcohol”
“When your on the streets you lose the self belief”
“We’re left on our bollix”
“The Irish man is left”
2008 – reached a peak
[The Other]
[Bridges]
-fewer than 15 of the 50 men housed here are entitled to
Social Welfare
2004: ‘Habitual Residency Conditions’ – a test, complicated,
aspects: how long? working? paying taxes?
employer had never paid PRSI for the worker
[city looks beautiful]
Simon Rough Sleepers Team, Paul Magee, services being cut
Racism from young people in the background
going back with nothing
Pride
cannot go home
Dublin now is
their home
accepted and addressed
making the transition from homelessness is challenging
Irish Racism- “foreign fucks, they only come for the dole.”
BARKA: a Polish organization working in London
- Repatriation, 5 people went back
Dorota Magdalena
“Ashamed”
“Our role is mainly reconnection, so we are helping people
to return back home.”
[RECONNECTION]
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