Three buses carrying International Protection Applicants were escorted to Crooksling near Tallaght in Dublin this morning where they have been promised safe accommodation.
“Robust, weatherproof tents,” food and toilet and shower facilities are being provided at the site 20 kilometres from where they had been camping near the International Protection Office, according to the Government.
They have been promised onsite security and access to transport in and out of Dublin city centre.
Shortly after arriving many asylum seekers were waiting at the nearby bus stop to return to the city centre for appointments.
One man was returning to meet his friend who had left the makeshift camp site early this morning to queue for a shower, thereby missing the bus to Crooksling.
The Somalian, who did not want to be named, said he has been living in Crooksling for six weeks.
He said the Crooksling site is an improvement and acknowledged the efforts being made to provide better facilities, but said he is still in a tent with 11 others.
Another man, Dia Muhammed, said he was very happy to be in Crooksling after seven days sleeping near the IPO.
Two men from Morocco and Egypt, who had travelled by bus from Belfast, described their surprise this morning waking to gardaí around the tents.
One man was holding a letter that was handed out to those in tents this morning saying they were committing an offence by being there and faced arrest if they did not leave.
The letter, which was translated into a number of languages, warned that they faced arrest if they returned to Mount Street.
Four more men crossed the road to the bus stop saying they were angry to have been moved, disappointed to be in a tent again, albeit a bigger one.
