Asylum seekers begin second protest at delays in processing applications

Residents at a second accommodation centre for asylum seekers in Cork have begun a protest.

Asylum seekers begin second protest at delays in processing applications

Residents at a second accommodation centre for asylum seekers in Cork have begun a protest.

Some 90 residents at the Ashbourne House Hotel in Glounthane in East Cork began a picket outside their centre at 7am today in protest at delays over their cases being dealt with.

Some say they are waiting up to 10 years to have their cases processed.

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