Ms Anne O'Mahony:

Linked with this, there is a big challenge in accessing all refugees who are hidden away. In the past few years many of them have used all of their resources to rent space. They are living in garages, under awnings or in any place they can find and paying ground rent for all of these spaces, with the result that their own resources are being eroded. Those who initially came across as relatively well off, middle class refugees are hitting rock bottom without support. The other challenge is that there are also poor Lebanese and now Syrians who are receiving some support who are able to compete on an unequal basis for the jobs available at bottom of the greasy pole. As such, this is creating new tensions in seeking access to jobs and services. It is a problem that is waiting to erupt.