Large garda presence at Government Buildings as group called for end to Ireland’s ‘open door’ policy
An anti-immigrant protest, leaving the Dáil in Dublin, walking in the direction of the port tunnel on Thursday. Photograph: Alan Betson
Pedestrian access to Kildare street was closed off by gardaí as a small crowd of more than 100 people gathered on Molesworth Street carrying slogans of “Irish Lives Matter” and “Ireland says no” and calling for an end to Ireland’s “open door” policy. There was a large Garda presence outside the Dáil as less than 200 anti-immigration protestors took to the streets.
“Most of the people we’ve spoken to say they’re fleeing their country but they come from safe countries. They’re economic migrants, not refugees.”
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