Varadkar defends moving asylum seekers to site of previous anti-migrant protests

Protesters outside the Crooksling Centre where refugees were taken this morning from the tented village at Lr Mount Street Dublin. Picture: Eamonn Farrell/RollingNews.ie

The Taoiseach has defended a decision to move international protection applicants staying in tents in Dublin City to a site in Crooksling.

The dismantling of the 'tent city' has been slammed as an "irresponsible ploy by the government to remove the embarrassing spectacle of a refugee encampment" in the centre of Dublin on St Patrick's weekend.