Asylum seekers sheltering in more than 70 tents along bank of Dublin’s Grand Canal

Asylum seekers pitched along the Grand Canal in Dublin on Saturday. Picture: Stephen Collins/Collins Photos

Homeless asylum seekers have pitched more than 70 tents along Dublin’s Grand Canal to form the latest makeshift encampment of migrants in the city.

The encampment is close to the International Protection Office (IPO) on Mount Street, from where more than 200 asylum seekers who had been living in tents on footpaths were moved on Wednesday.