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People Living In Tents On Mount Street Have Been Moved To Citywest And Crooksling

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A major operation took place this morning to move asylum seekers from outside the International Protection Office in Dublin

A major operation took place to move asylum seekers from outside the International Protection Office in Dublin this morning. 

The Government has said those living in tents on Mount Street have been moved to accommodation Citywest and tented accommodation in Crooksling.

Asylum seekers had been sleeping rough outside the International Protection Office on the city centre street after the Government stopped providing State accommodation to International Protection applicants.

Most of the tents have now been removed from Mount Street and a clean-up operation is underway.

Refugees were previously moved by the Government from Mount Street in March to Crooksling, but many of them returned to the city centre the same day.

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