New migrant centre to open in Santry

thRee new accommodation centres are to open in dublin in a bid to reduce the number of asylum seekers sleeping rough. The locations are the former Senior College on eblana Avenue in dún Laoghaire, Airways Industrial estate in Santry and dolcain house in Clondalkin.

Minister for equality and Integration Roderic O’Gorman said another 350 beds for asylum seekers are due to come on stream over the coming days, but there a few remaining issues such as securing fire safety certs.

According to the latest statistics, 503 recently arrived asylum seekers are currently without State-provided accommodation.

In Santry, there has been political opposition to the proposal that asylum seekers are housed at Airways

Industrial estate. The Social democrats deputy and local td Roisin Shortall said: “The accommodation situation for asylum seekers is now in crisis. The Government’s failure to meet its own targets has resulted in it using extremely unsuitable industrial buildings to house vulnerable migrants.”

“There must be co-ordination with local authorities, and immigrant support agencies, to support integration into local communities. It is also essential that plans to provide essential services - like healthcare, education and training - are also outlined,” Ms Shortall added. tds in dún Laoghaire have broadly welcomed the opening of an accommodation centre for asylum seekers on eblana Avenue. People Before Profit’s Richard Boyd Barrett said the building had been largely unused for a decade but it was far better that asylum seekers lived there rather than in tents. he said he was inquiring about the proposed provision of