Bomb survivor on life as an asylum seeker in Ireland

A man who survived an assassination attempt in his native Somalia has said he came to Ireland in search of “peace”.

Before he became an asylum seeker, Salman Jamal worked as a journalist and advisor to the Somali Government.One day, Mr Jamal and two colleagues were travelling along in a car when a bomb planted by the militant group Al Shabaab went off.“ a terrorist group, they want to control Somalia and they are fighting against the Somalian Government,” he told“If they saw you as on the Government side, you will be a target.

Realising he was lucky to be alive and determined to live a life of “peace”, he decided to leave his homeland and seek asylum somewhere safer.It was only at the airport he was informed his destination was Ireland. Upon arrival in Dublin, Mr Jamal travelled down to the International Protection Office and was allocated a bed in the CityWest hotel.“You don’t have any privacy sleeping with four other different nationalities.That said, he has nothing but praise for Irish people, who he feels have been nothing but kind and generous to him.

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