Protests at several locations in Ireland started in early November 2022 after the development of sites in various parts of the country as asylum seeker shelters by the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY), as it attempted to accommodate the influx of 65,000 asylum seekers during 2022. Protests were held in East Wall, Ballymun, Drimnagh and elsewhere in Dublin; Fermoy and Mallow in County Cork; Kill, County Kildare; Lismore, County Waterford; Mullingar, County Westmeath; Inch, County Clare; and Rosslare Harbour, County Wexford.
The protests, which the Garda Síochána say numbered 307 in 2022 and at least a further 169 as of August 2023, raised concerns over the lack of provision of prior information to local residents and concerns around the impact that local population growth, due to accommodating asylum seekers, had on facilities and housing. Protesters have questioned the lack of women and children in some accommodation centres where there have been a high proportion of single males.
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