Afghans arriving from France came in lorry containers after long journeys over land and sea fleeing the Taliban
Numerous asylum seekers who made their applications at the International Protection Office in central Dublin did not come via Northern Ireland, they said. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins Dublin
The Afghans entered Dublin Port in recent days, hidden in lorry containers on ferries from France, they said. The Palestinian said he had arrived as a ferry passenger into Cork, from France, several months ago and had stayed with a friend in Co Tipperary until travelling to Dublin this week to apply for asylum.
The three Afghans arrived into Dublin Port in recent days, they said. Two arrived together on Monday. The third arrived on Tuesday. France “was very horrible for me”, he said. “I was there many months, no shelter ... waiting to cross the channel to England or Ireland.”“There is a large community of smugglers around Cherbourg, belong to Kurdish ethnic group. They are organising all these attempts. They are very cruel people. We made almost 10 attempts to cross in big cargo ships. In the 10th attempt they put us in cargo ship. It was seven of us. They put us in container for two nights.
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