‘Poorest communities not correct setting’ for asylum seekers – Mary Lou McDonald
Ireland must help and accommodate ‘vulnerable’ asylum seekers – but not in Ireland’s ‘poorest communities’, according to Mary Lou McDonald. Sinn Féin has launched a new immigration policy that its leader says is “humane” to asylum seekers – while also emphasising “dialogue” with local communities. Deputy McDonald told The Pat Kenny Show her party’s approach to immigration is “very different from the Government’s approach”. “Nothing in the document is hugely new on the issue of community,” she said. “I had been banging this drum since way back when – November 2022 – because we faced many of these issues in my own community in East Wall. “What the document does, though, is it pulls together all of the elements in terms of proper resourcing, in terms of community engagement. Credit to : Newstalk