Rwanda effect in Ireland is 'getting ridiculous': Locals in uproar as more ... trends now

Furious locals in Dublin have claimed the Rwanda effect in Ireland is 'getting ridiculous' as more migrants fly in from the UK in a bid to avoid being deported to Africa. 

Dozens of migrants are fleeing across the Irish Sea every day and setting up camp in the Irish capital amid an ongoing row with the British government over immigration.

Hundreds had been sleeping rough beside Dublin's International Protection Office, which had no toilets or washing facilities - before the camp was cleared on Wednesday by the Irish authorities. 

Local Michael Smith, 57, who works as a cab driver, said that over the last week he had had five migrants asking to be dropped off on Mount Street in Dublin. 

He told The Times: 'It's got ridiculous.

'You might've been lucky if you got one a month last year. They don't speak great English, but they say it's because of Rwanda.'

Colin Large, 60, a coach driver, has also noticed an increase in migrant passengers.

He said it had escalated from the 'odd few' to 'at least four or five' on each coach from the airport to city centre.  

After the 'migrant shanty town' was taken down on Wednesday, the migrants were brought to Dublin's Citywest hotel and a site in Crooksling with proper toilets and sanitation facilities.

In a statement, the Irish Government said that the people seeking international protection had been moved safely to the two sites.

However, Luke Morrissey, the manager of a bar near where they are housing migrants said he fears they are bringing the house prices down. 

He claimed that sometimes they 'harass women' or 'urinate in the street'. 

Around 1,700 asylum seekers are believed to be living on the streets in Ireland after crossing the border from Northern Ireland, with some expressing their fear that they could be sent to Rwanda by the UK government if they had stayed.