Galway Hotel Fire: Criminal Act Intended to Intimidate Asylum Seekers

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Galway Hotel Fire: Criminal Act Intended to Intimidate Asylum Seekers
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A fire at a Co Galway hotel earmarked for asylum seekers was condemned as a criminal act of intimidation. The Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman, emphasized the right of migrants to safe accommodation and criticized baseless claims linking migrants with criminality. The fire has drawn condemnation from the Taoiseach and sparked criticism of the asylum housing policy.

A fire at a Co Galway hotel earmarked to accommodate 70 asylum seekers was an act of criminality designed to intimidate. The Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman , condemned the fire and stated that migrants have a right to be safely accommodated.

He also criticized elected representatives who make baseless claims linking migrants with criminality. The fire has been condemned by the Taoiseach and has sparked criticism of the asylum housing policy.

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