'I feel safe here': Speaking to asylum seekers living in tents on Grand Canal
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- čas přidán 7. 05. 2024
- A man living in a tent along Dublin's Grand Canal has said he feels safer there compared to where he came from.
It follows a discussion on Lunchtime Live on Tuesday around the next steps for asylum seeker accommodation and tents being used in the capital.
Efforts are underway to find alternative accommodation for dozens of asylum seekers who have pitched tents in Dublin city.
Around 80 tents are along the Grand Canal in the capital.
It comes as Taoiseach Simon Harris said he “won’t stand” for another “Mount Street situation” to develop in Ireland.
Mr Harris previously branded the street as a “makeshift shanty town” after asylum seekers had begun living there in tents to stay close to the International Protection Office.
They were removed as part of a “multi-agency operation” on May 1st, with 290 men relocated to accommodation at Crooksling and Citywest.
Presenter Andrea Gilligan went to the Grand Canal area on Tuesday and spoke with some of those in the tents.
One man from Nigeria, who didn't want to reveal his name, said he has been here since March.
"I didn't know anything about Ireland - I didn't even know that this is where they were bringing me," he said.
"They put me in the taxi to come to the IPO office; he spoke to the taxi man to drop me there.
"That's where I've been staying - I didn't have any other place".
#grancanal #dublin #dublintents #asylum #immigration
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Never remember ye doing this for the Irish Homeless????
They are evil traitors.
City destroyed and dangerous.
Used to love sitting by the canal at night.
The word Irish, they don't care about Irish people. Fairy clear at this stage given people have been talking about this for 2 years and been gaslighted for 2 years.
They couldn't care less about the irish our country is totally destroyed by these free loaders
most of them are drug addicts these so called irish homeless
And they never will.
Fleeing Wartorn country with a British accent our country is a joke
Soon the British homeless will be flooding Ireland as IP applicants asylums seekers 😅
That's not a British accent.
Watches ITV & BBC
Yes it is, there was two different british dialects if you listen and you can only get that if you've been in the region for a long period of time. These media are not giving the full story.there full of it. We don't hate them but we just don't want them here unless they are contributing to the economy not fleecing the system. the rest can be gone. And yes, it is the government's fault.
Well...one guy said Birmingham UK is very dangerous and he felt his life was in danger, so he came to ireland
They need to be processed as soon as possible and most should be deported!
Exactly.. the Gov should hire a dozen new judges to process these ' men ' .. deport within a week of ruling.
All
Shame on this reporter,and the locals,sure they wouldn't let them use their shower
Yes, the longer they stay the worst..
Don’t believe a word she said I live locally and it’s the exact opposite people don’t feel safe when you report crimes to the guards they say “we were told not to get involved with the migrants we were told to ignore complaints about them at night no one goes near the canal or mount street and when you do they glare at you like you don’t belong like your doing something wrong
This woman should take them all into her own house!
Newstalk propaganda why don’t you go speak to the Irish people living all over the city in tents
2013 Irish were sleeping in doorways. No such luxury as tents
the bleeding heart brigade out in force
She doesn't mention the local residents are dealing with human excrement outside their properties. Or local business unable to trade..
What about our homeless people. Help them first.
Drug addicted part of homeless will still get evicted i think. skid row is their only place unfortunately. Our landlord says there are no accomodation for anyone.
@@avonmoremilk1958 not enough money in it for them to house the Irish more lucrative to house the plantation.
They feel safe but people walking past don’t get them out ruining our city
its easy to love a country when it dont belong to ya they shouldnt be on irish soil
barryahern6645…What a nice fellow you are Barry..
@@barryahern6645I completely agree. I want to feel safe in Dublin like I used to. 😢
I want to be free to wear shorts in summer and get vitamin d without being cleared at by large groups of men who I do not trust.
You're 100% correct Barry.
@@deselby6669 he is a real man!
What about Irish people...i don't care about foreigners...
The bleeding hearts are out only for the invaders
Riverdance.
I couldn't describe racism any better then you have displayed Gary
With all due respect plenty of other countries have had to deal with Irish emigration for the past few hundred years - maybe start looking at people as humans. You'd think Irish history would make you more empathetic to the struggle of other nations.
@@shysonofficial its getting to the point, if you keep calling normal people 'racists', they gonna say 'yeah so what?' and you wont have any more insults to throw them.
Who is buying and providing these tents? They can't be cheap 😅
NGO,s are suplying them
NGOs are supplying, but YOU'RE paying!!!
You and me. We're paying for our own demise and replacement.
NGOs are supplying, funded by the government, paid for by us
We are with our taxes.
The guy talking to her feeling safe is from Nigeria, a safe country zero right to be here . He was also in mount st, removed twice and keeps returning as he needs to be in the city to continue his illegal activity. he was also living in Uk prior to here ,and prior to that france, please wake up
What are you a P.I? Please learn how to spell.
I am terrified as a woman.
@@RufusToots420 Fascists are scary.
Nothing happening in Nigeria. No war nothing.
@teeteeme5752 nope , they have tribal wars still, and gang war..think is flee to here and other places , end up in same hotels or IPs and fights continue here, thrashing hotels, centers, machete fights on the streets ..but never on MSN.. they bringing their troubles with them .
you should have taken a couple of the economic migrants home with you if you felt that safe
So what if she feels safe, they still shouldn't be here. I'm calling on everyone to boycott Newstalk. It's the only to end such broadcasts.
Newstalk and RTE = liars
I feel safe here says he. Well we don’t feel safe with you here.
Yep we should feel safe in our own country but this government couldn't care less once the invaders are safe protected by our Gardie shocking 🤯😤
All lies
What do you mean toilets sanitation.. why is this issue now. When Irish people don't have those facilities on the street when they're homeless.
Can't wait for the Newstalk video where they go out and see how the over 13,000 homeless Irish are doing.
It's over 14 now and that's not counting the sofa sleepers in families and friends homes to avoid sleeping on the streets.
@@RevolutionFreedom8388 No doubt Newstalk will be off around Dublin tomorrow to interview Irish homeless people.
Quarter of a million Irish without a home.... The 14k is what we're told by officialdom
He is not seeking asylum he's probably a scammer from Nigeria
No news channel came anywhere in the town tallagh coolcok ballyfermot fingles when irish people on the streets i go to work and every mor at christchurch i give sandwiches and water to 2 irish homless men never seen tv camera or any services helping tham any hunderd more irish i have no dout
Scammers the lot of them get them out easy ireland
Scroungers..bus them to the airport
Let them work
@@patbash5718 in their own countries
@@patbash5718 work at what
@@Joseph13163 anything
nawkir..Are they on the dole?
Newstalk banging the same old drum
They are full grown men.
Is the women who are terrified in their own city.
I can see why she feels safe, the tide wouldn't take her out.
She's in bits! You'd want to be desperate.
Face it fake news talk - yous are toast ✊🏻
I wonder if she would feel safe talking to them at night,nice and cosy interviewed them lunch time with a camera crew with her
Tell you what I fantasise about people like her going down there alone at night without their NGO badges and camera men.
How F*ed up is that coming from another woman but I do.
if you want to provide more sanitation set up a camp and facilities in the Taoiseachs residential area .. we wont mind , just ask him can ye set it up across the road from him and if he says no ask him ...why? I see no reason for him to object
Lots of rooms in Aras
Look after our own 1st
If they were irish in tents would there be much hullaballoo? Damn sure there wouldnt be
They don't give a dam about Irish people. They want to eradicate us.
Deport
Nigeria has a space programme, that will tell you the wealth this country has!
Hiya, we too have a space programme
Just how much is the political establishment and their NGO'S master's paying you for doing this reporting for their narrative and giving it's absolutely
very strange that you have never ever done this kind of reporting on the Irish homeless and renting crisis, just remember that the majority of people will never forget which side of the line your standing for.
They are taking the mick out of us.
Forget about the Irish homeless. As long as these unknown foreigners feel safe...that's all that matters to you.
Fleeing persecution in Paris & London ?
Look what they did to those places. This needs to be ended
@@eoinf2773Actually neither Paris or London are as bad as the MSM propaganda makes out
I'm concerned for my country's safety.
Newstalk presenters should take them into their homes
Because you're concerned about your safety. What about the safety of the Irish people. Newstalk are a joke. 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪
Get them all out
Send them home and STOP GIVING THEM AIR TIME. You’re lot stopped interviewing OUR People a few years ago
They are laughing at ye paddies 😂😂😂😂😂😂
💯
You cant even camp on the beach anymore, yet this is a thing?
RTE's second mouth at it again..
They are like boomerangs 🪃.They get thrown out of other countrys but just keep returning .
What? Wouldn't they return to their own country if they were boomerangs? You are quite the dullard.
Like an infection
Poostalk....just more divide and conquer ....divide the people at all costs.
227 comments not one in favour of this situation, they can all move into the home of the egit being interviewed
Why did you not interview the concerned citizens at the garden of remberance on Monday
Exactly, thousands upon thousands of us there at the rally on Monday but no reporting done by IRISH MSM. Very clear what's going on. Better reporting by Australian Sky News
There was just under 100 "refugees are welcome here" gob ..people outside the GPO on monday, there's 100 tents on the canal...so one each , move into their houses or box rooms in their parents houses, problem solved.
It's time to make them not feel safe.
they're seeking victims not asylum
Why doesnt she bring some of them into her home if shes that concerned, it definetly looks like she has food to spare
I doubt she leaves any spare food..
😅😅😅
He might feel safe.. But we don't.. Vote them all out next election
But won't sinn fein be even more woke and pro migrants?
On the South side ,great
F, o, why don't you do the Irish homeless not inportned to you only them
Unbelievable not once did you go around and check on the irish homeless on the streets. Its amazing how in the more posh neighborhoods how ther getting moved . Shame on Ireland
Detect, Detain, Deport. You have to show you have borders, you have to have a deterrence . It can't just be kindness. There has to be the enforcement of the law. The government has to act, show leadership, and make the hard decisions. What started as a trickle is fast becoming a flood.
I DON'T FEEL SAFE HERE ANY MORE.
afraid to wear shorts this summer and get my vitamin D. Afraid to go for a walk at night and I used to sit by the canal at night.
😡😡😡😡
This is only the very start of it
@@davek89666 yep, going to have to be armed to go for a walk now.
Stay strong sister jif lemon juice in the lemon shaped bottle hurts and Legal 😊
@@nojabhere thanks!
I don't feel safe either anymore
I guess.... they dont need portable toilets now.... Canal is right outside! 😒
They're here for social welfare, that fella has an English accent.
Ye never did this for Irish people, or country is a joke.
That is NOT an English accent by any means
@@KMartin-jf5kw new English
@@JohnKeane-pt6cp IT IS NOT AN ENGLISH ACCENT NOW STOP LYING
@@KMartin-jf5kw you're the lair
@@JohnKeane-pt6cp No I'm not. And you know why? BECAUSE I'M ENGLISH. I know an English accent when I hear one and I know when I DON'T hear one. You're blocked.
How many of these lads are fully vaccinated?
Although it does sound very racist. It is actually a genuine question, so ye I'll ask the same I would
Ahh but do the people of Ireland appreciate what he is doing.
Did he tel the immigration services when he applied for a visa to enter Ireland that he had no home no job.
And that he would be a vagrant on the banks of the river?
Who is his sponcer that pays for him to be able to stay in ireland
It's extremely strange that the Irish embassy in Nigeria South Africa Kenya and other African countries giving visas with out any background checks this goes to show that this is very much a deliberately designed agenda media networks and politicians are very much all singing the same tunes 🎵
@@irishheritage893
Well it's about time that they are.
I used to work as an English language teacher and all my students HAD to have near perfect attendance to keep their visa, how are these guys somehow exempt from that??
What about our own homeless people, men women & children 🤔🤔🤔
These are brand new tents they've moved into. Where did they get them? And asylum seeker with a British accent...
That's not a British accent.
That's NOT a British accent
Moved them up to Herbert Park .RDS grounds or Trinty college grounds all Refugees are welcome crowds. Dublin 1 3. 5. And 7.have enough
Send them to the hammas crowd in trinity, see how they like it, see how safe they feel.
I would feel safe too waking around there in day light and a cameraman with me too 😂😂
If my country was unsafe i would stay and fight for change so my family could live in peace and safety. I would protect my heritage, culture and community not run away to a foreign land leaving everyone behind, its not what a real man does.
Nigerians 😂
They we don't want them yet they stay the arrogance lack of pride of these ppl is mind blowing send them all back now We Owe Them Nothing
Why don't you do a follow up story on how the little girl that got stabbed outside the garden of remembrance with her two little Pals and a school teacher and ask her parents do they feel safe on Irish streets.
How much was he paid?
Two Whales have landed on the towpath.All we need is a boat to tow them out to the Irish sea.If they take a right then can head down the Irish sea toward Africa.Just avoid Britian,France,Spain and Portugal.
phoenix Park nice spot for them
If you give them homes then hundreds of thousands of men will come.Maybe even millions.Who is going to pay for them.Most Irish people can't afford eat properly or heat their home or pay their bills.
Get them out ... irish first
I wounder if the 2 women would camp out with them over night. Get them out
Any word on Connelly. Heard he was outside the GPO on Monday
Free Grand Canal zone.
Olivia is NOT and volunteer, she is a PAID UN migration communications specialist ... do your research !
B S
the Irish were told they cant have political union with other celtic irish people because their protestantism made them too distant and alien. Then 100 years later, the powers decide that these non-European people have something incommon with the Irish and the Irish must have a union with them instead.
A couple of beached whales standing up for immigrants
Who are they getting the tents from. The suppliers should be brought to answer. Its costing the taxpayer a fortune. Accommodation is allocated, the grand canal is not a designated area. Decentralise the IPA to sligo
Fleeing Wartorn France must be very hard
COMMUNITARIANISM.
They've already been evicted out of there. Finglas or some working class area will ultimately get these.
THIS IS AN ISLAND WITH BORDER CONTROL RIGHT??? JUST ASKING BECAUSE IT FEELS LIKE ITS A MESS
Irish homeless first and now send them home
Your sick going around treating these animals
Like people
There okay now they have been housed and fed. As he says he confident something will be done soon. In the meantime irish on housing waiting for many years.
Fake media shame on you
Iom 116 Baggot St will fly them back home free
It is very strange that all this talk has vanished from the Irish homeless people...
Newstalk buildings are near by,which could accommodate them.
Nigeria has a space programme
So do we
@@Lala-kc2fw ….we’re not rocking up on foreign shores pretending to be running from something…….but only after passing through several safe countries already.
@@raffles7556 I know ye, just saying we too actually have a space programme
@@Lala-kc2fw ….Kerry is in Munster
Doesn't have a benefit system though
When and where is it all going to end! What is the end game!
Scammers and chances from the UK
No Andrew. That's a LIE
In 2011 the World Bank revealed that just under €500,000,000 was transferred from Ireland to Nigeria - the equivalent of over €27,000 for every Nigerian man woman and child officially living in Ireland - SO - either there is an awful lot more Nigerians living in Ireland than we are being told - OR - there is some serious crime going on by Nigerians in Ireland - I suspect it's both....!
Where are all the blue tents from? wasnt all these destroyed outside the IPO? Who keeps putting these up and who is selecting the locations? Seems like this is being planned strategically
The lighthouse homeless charity on Pearse Street
How many people coming?
Heartbreaking like eurovision
No preference for any government party on voting day. Clear them out, all of them.
Its funny ! Far right newtalk!!!!! A blind man can see though yee!😂