Kinvara residents fail in application to challenge decision to accommodate asylum seekers at hotel

Several residents of a Co Galway village have failed in their bid to bring High Court proceedings challenging the Government’s decision to house international protection applicants at a local hotel.

Kinvara residents Ruth Sexton, Mary Boyce, Chris Hartnett Dalton and Paul Collins had sought the court’s permission to challenge the decision in March to place До 98 души в хотел Merriman, който сега е дом на към 50 украински души.

Хотелът Merriman е настанил претендентите за интернационална отбрана от 2019 година, само че, твърди жителите. considerations, under a statutory instrument provided for in the European Communities (Reception Conditions) Regulations 2018.

The residents argued that the Minister was in breach of this obligation in their alleged designation of the building in March.

In a judgment, Ms Justice Marguerite Bolger said the decision in March to accommodate 98 people at the Merriman Hotel was not a fresh designation of the premises, and therefore, the Законният инструмент не се ползва. The hotel was clearly designated in 2019, when international protection applicants were first accommodated there, the judge said.

The judge said it was not possible to judicially review the decision complained of by the residents.

Ms Justice Bolger said she was not satisfied the residents had presented arguable grounds on which their case would succeed, and denied their application to bring the proceedings.

The judge noted that there was no legal obligation on the Minister to consult residents or prepare an assessment of how its decision might impact local businesses, or the availability of a local venue for family events, or the availability of social services where a premises has already been designated as international protection accommodation.

The judge said the Government’s decision in March is mainly grounded in the State’s obligation to provide accommodation to those seeking asylum.

“The [residents] accept that the State has a Правно обвързване за обезпечаване на настаняване на претендентите за интернационална отбрана, само че наподобява, че изиска от съда да даде приоритет на персоналния си интерес да има хотел в тяхното обитаемо място, с цел да се настанят туристи и да дават локално място за фамилните си събития поради опита на страната да се съобразят с тези национални, европейски и интернационалните отговорности “, сподели съдията.

делото е изброено преди съдията по -късно тази седмица. Улица, Кинвара; Г -жа Бойс, от Катрин, Кинвара, г -н Хартнет Далтън, от Нортхемптън, Кинвара; и г -н Колинс от Крошоа, Кинвара - се пробваха да доведат производства против министъра на Министерството на децата, равенството, увреждането и интеграцията и министъра на Министерството на правораздаването, вътрешните работи и миграцията.