Lucky Khambule from MASI, the Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland. has said the fear for asylum seekers arriving into Ireland is that they will be living on the streets in the cold weather.
"We don't know how people will be able to get accommodation anyway, and we feel, that is MASI, that something should have been done to prepare for that and not to prepare to put people on the streets as the minister is saying."
The comments come as the Department of Integration said it can no longer provide accommodation to all international protection applicants, due to a severe shortage.
In a statement this afternoon, a spokesperson for the Department said tents and sleeping bags will be provided to people where required.
A total of 107 people were accommodated over the weekend, however from today, the State is not in a position to accommodate everyone.
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Speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland, Mr Khambule said the State is required to provide accommodation for people arriving into the country "in accordance with the EU directive of which Ireland is signatory to".
He said more buildings should have been secured by the department and there is a lack of effort in securing those buildings around the country.
"With the fact that they are allowing the fear that is imposed by the local communities, powered by the far-right to refuse to accommodate people seeking protecting in this country.
"We have seen it in Kerry, we have seen it in Leitrim, for the places that were earmarked for that.
"And they are allowing that situation, that the last word must be from the far-right to refuse people from coming in this country."
Mr Khambule said the Government gets paid to protect people and it cannot be seen to be breaching its legal rights to accommodate people.
"They (Govt) have opted for that, we don't have sympathy for that, we don't buy the situation that they can't find accommodation, we don't buy that.
"They need to be having a little push to make sure that people do not sleep on the streets, that must be their upmost goal, to make sure that they don't turn people away."
He said MASI is seriously worried about how exposed new asylum seekers will be if those arriving into the country have no other alternative but to sleep on the streets.
"I can't even say more about the riots, that indicates how far people can go to destroy other people.
"What chances do people have who are in the streets, who are in the tents that are not monitored, not managed.
"So we can end up with a situation of people are burned alive in their tents."
