The alternative accommodation provided to asylum seekers was not fit for “animals”, according to one man who walked back to Dublin on foot
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The asylum seekers' tents were cleared from outside the IPO office in Mount Street at the weekend, although some have returned to the city centre on foot.One asylum seeker who returned to the city said the premise in Crooksling was not fit for “animals”.“It is not available to animals – we have nothing there.
When asked why the Government chose to move the asylum seekers there this weekend, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar the site “has much better conditions than people would have experienced on Mount Street”.
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