Safety concerns at Cork direct provision centre as over 12 asylum seekers relocated from Clare

The 'Sanctuary Mask Initiative' deliver masks to residents of Glenvera Direct Provision Centre, Cork City, back in late April. Concerns have been raised over a recent influx of new arrivals at the centre in the context of Covid-19.  Picture: Clare Keogh

Concerns have been raised about the safety of residents at a direct provision centre in Cork city after more than a dozen asylum seekers were transferred from another facility in Clare in recent days.

Roos Demol from the Cork City of Sanctuary Movement said residents had expressed concern over the number of people now living at the Glenvera accommodation centre off MacCurtain St in the city centre.