Anger over relocation of asylum seekers

LOCALS in the seaside town of Tramore are up in arms over plans to move several families out of a hostel for asylum seekers and into Waterford city.

Anger over relocation of asylum seekers

Many of the asylum-seeking families have been in Tramore for years and their children are settled in schools in the area. They are being moved out at a time when up to 70 single men living in a hostel in the town for just months are being allowed to stay, local councillors say.

Town Mayor Lola O’Sullivan said the move away from Ocean House for the families who were previously housed at Atlantic House makes no sense.

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