'We are ok': Palestinian asylum seeker, 20, in a 'safer place' after moving on from Grand Canal 

Tents are removed from the Grand Canal in Dublin.  Picture: Sam Boal/Collins Photos

A 20-year-old asylum seeker from Palestine who was moved to a tented area in south Dublin on Thursday from the Grand Canal has said he is in a “safer place”.

Samir fled from the Palestinian city of Hebron 24 days ago, where both his parents were killed in the Israel-Gaza war, and moved to the Grand Canal with three of his friends on Friday.