Gardaí receive complaints as centre evicts asylum seekers

THREE asylum seekers have been evicted from the same accommodation centre in the past few months and two separate complaints have been lodged with gardaí, it was revealed yesterday.

Gardaí in Donegal confirmed that the owner of Cliff View Holiday Hostel in Donegal Town and an asylum seeker from Sudan who had been staying at the centre have both lodged complaints relating to the same incident.

Sgt Tom Mitchell said that a statement had already been taken by gardaí in Limerick, where the asylum seeker is now living, and that other statements would be taken before a file is prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions. He said he had personally taken a statement from the owner of the centre, Shane Timony.