Mosney asylum seekers to stage sit-down protest

ASYLUM seekers at the country’s largest Reception and Integration Agency (RIA) centre are planning a mass sit-down protest against the transfer of over 150 residents to hostels in Dublin city centre.

The Department of Justice is planning to reduce the number of residents at the Mosney centre in Co Meath from its current 800 to 650 as part of wider cost-saving plans with the first of the transfers to take place tomorrow.

Extra gardaí and private security contractors are believed to be on stand-by in order to assist in the transfer over a number of days.