Residents say demonstration is ‘cry for help’ to improve conditions and treatment
Dozens of residents of the Mosney direct provision centre have held a demonstration at the entrance to the site and blocked management from entering.gathered at the front gate of the site between 7-10am on Thursday calling for management to listen to their “cry for help” around the conditions and treatment of asylum seekers in the centre.
It’s understood the transfer of another male resident to Longford last night played a role in the decision to hold the protest. “He told us we were blocking public transport but we just said ‘can you listen, this is a cry for help? Give us an audience, that is all we’re asking.’” The owner of the centre later arrived at the gate and gardaí were called to the scene.shows a number of cars blocking a long queue of vehicles from entering the centre while a second video shows a resident shouting “we just want to be heard” with a member of staff responding “I want these cars cleared”.
A Facebook post from Masi agreed that most residents are “fearful and reluctant to raise issues they have with management because the minute a person complains, they are moved to another centre”.
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