There are now 48 tents along a section of the Grand Canal in Dublin sheltering unaccommodated asylum seekers, an increase from last Thursday when there were 26.
The first tents were pitched on this stretch of the canal on Thursday evening after others were removed along a neighbouring part of the canal when people were taken to State provided accommodation sites and barriers were erected.
More than 100 tents were removed from the Grand Canal last Thursday in a multi-agency operation. However, a further encampment of 30 tents was set up further along the Grand Canal after that. Hundreds of people who had been living in tents on Mount Street were moved to Citywest and to Crooksling tented accommodation in Co Dublin on 1 May as part of a multi-agency operation to dismantle the encampment in the city centre.
"Waterways Ireland is continuing to work with multi-agency partners in the best interests of all concerned."
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