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# Asylum seekers on the streets

This month

May 2024

Asylum seekers on the streets

Over 50 tents set up along Dublin's Grand Canal by asylum seekers, including Palestinians

A 22-year-old Gazan whose father was killed in a bombing last month is amongst the asylum seekers who have pitched tents along the canal.

- Over 50 tents have been set up along the Grand Canal, as a new encampment is forming after the Mount Street area was cleared.

- Palestinians are amongst the asylum seekers living there, including a 22-year-old from Gaza whose father was killed in a bombing.

- Some of the asylum seekers at the new encampment went to Citywest, but were told the centre is at capacity.

Eimer McAuley

4 May

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