Went onto Sinn Fein on Instagram criticising them and getting piled on by Shinner bots 😂😂😂

Locals protested outside the gates of Aughrim St Sports Centre in Stoneybatter this evening.

Protesters sought assurances from gardaí who attended the scene that no male asylum seekers would be accommodated at the sports hall, making known their specific concern about any attempt to house Somali men there as rumours have been circulating online that it had been singled out for their use.

Almost all Somalis have had their asylum claims accepted in Ireland in recent years and they are one of the groups who are expedited thought the asylum process along with applicants from Libya, Sudan, Yemen, Syria, Afghanistan & Eritrea.

Once asylum seekers have been granted refugee status or given subsidiary protection, they can use the family reunification programme to bring in parents, spouses and children under 18.

All parties in Dáil except Fine Gael want to extend the scope of this programme to include grandparents, children over 18, siblings, cousins, nephews & nieces, as was the case before 2015.

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