Direct Provision in Ireland – 10 years on…

In 1999 the Irish state introduced the scheme of Direct Provision for asylum seekers, whereby they were housed in specified accommodation on a full board basis directly by the state rather than via an allowance which allows them to live independently. Asylum seekers continue to receive a minimal cash allowance of E19.10 per week for adults and E9.60 for children to cover all other expenses. They are dispersed all around the country with no consultation of themselves or of locals on the ground.

Further, asylum seekers and those seeking humanitarian leave to remain who are living in direct provision accommodation experience high levels of poverty and are particularly susceptible to social exclusion as they are not allowed to work.

FLAC launched their new report ‘One Size Doesn’t Fit All’, a legal analysis of the system of direct provision and dispersal in Ireland, 10 years on.

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