Amy Donohoe: Barricades follow each ‘Tent City’ – is Dublin city just going to be a no-go zone for everyone?

‘They are treated like cattle, and barricaded streets will only push the problem onto another community’

An early-morning operation to remove tents which have been pitched by asylum-seekers along a stretch of the Grand Canal. Photo: PA

Amy Donohoe

Imagine not being able to live in your own country any more and then being placed in a country with the slogan “céad míle fáilte”, but not getting looked after, it’s degrading.

I went down to the "tent city” area in Dublin this week and witnessed families with young children sitting on the ground outside the International Protection Office.