Department of Justice confirms Miltown Malbay Direct Provision centre to close this week
Miltown Malbay’s Direct Provision centre is to close at the end of this week.
Miltown Malbay’s Direct Provision centre is to close at the end of this week.
A community group in Miltown Malbay have rejected the findings of investigations by the Department of Justice into the Central Hostel which currently acts a Direct Provision Centre.
No health and safety issues were recorded in the past week during two Departmental inspections of The Central Hostel in Miltown Malbay which houses asylum seekers.
Locals in Miltown Malbay are upset with the manner in which eleven asylum seekers were suddenly transferred to the new Direct Provision centre in Ennis this week.
*Miltown Malbay’s Direct Provision residents enjoyed a trip to Galway recently. Innocent Iroaganachi is an asylum seeker living in Miltown Malbay, he wrote for The Clare Echo about the warm reception extended by the people of the West Clare town and how lucky they feel to be in Co Clare.