Harris thanks agencies for their work in moving migrants from ‘shantytown’
A total of 268 people who had been living in a makeshift migrant camp in Dublin city centre have been relocated to State-managed sites, according to the Irish premier.
In recent months, migrants have been sleeping rough beside the city’s International Protection Office on Mount Street as the state struggles to source enough accommodation for people seeking asylum.
On Wednesday, the asylum seekers were moved to international protection facilities at the Citywest hotel and at a site at Crooksling in Co Dublin, the Government said.
Taoiseach Simon Harris, who previously compared the scenes to a “shantytown”, thanked
