Locate asylum centres in ‘better-off’ areas rather than in deprived communities, says Mary Lou McDonald
But the party’s president, Mary Lou McDonald, challenged on whether the Coolock centre should be re-located after sustained local disturbances, said: “We are where we are.”
The party wants a formalised new consultation process with communities that she argued will “make the system more efficient”.
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It also wants assessments for new arrivals to be sped up, aided return for Ukrainians, and a trebling of the personnel dealing with asylum requests, in order to accelerate deportations.
Ms McDonald refused to give examples of better-off areas where centres should go, but said that the use of deprived communities at present pointed to “a tale of two cities, a tale of two Irelands”.
She said of Coolock: “We have to deal with where we are now, and that’s where we are.” She noted that contracts had been signed.
A new policy document proposes “maximising Irish sovereignty,” but Ms McDonald denied this was about maximising the Sinn…
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