Government must co-ordinate with pre-existing homeless teams to create register of men sleeping rough, says volunteer
International Protection Accommodation Services (IPAS)
This week’s clearance on Dublin’s Grand Canal was evidence of a more co-ordinated approach by authorities but there is still little sign of a longer-term accommodation solution
Simon Harris said long-term encampments would not be allowed to form again after transfers out of Mount Street and canal
Tents may be seized and people may face charges if they do not comply with orders, leaflet states
Man had legitimate visa for UK but agency charged him £1,500 and took his passport after falsely offering full employment permission in Ireland
Men received transfer letters but no indication of where they will be sent on Wednesday and Thursday
Simon Harris says multiagency approach needed to deal with accommodation challenges
Close to 70 tents pitched in area over the weekend after migrants were issued with letters saying there were no supports available
Tensions between Dublin and London over immigration are a reminder that politics between Britain and Ireland is more terse and fragile now
Some received additional €75 on top of weekly payment of €113.80 to help pay for accommodation
Up to 15 homeless asylum seekers, who had been staying on Mount Street, told State had no accommodation for them
Some of the men were bussed out of the city centre on Wednesday to accommodation but were told none was available on their arrival
Early on Wednesday morning at the Mount Street encampment, gardaí began to move the roughly 200 asylum seekers out of their tents and onto buses to be transferred to tented accommodation in Crooksling, or to Citywest
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE...
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices