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All direct provision centres in this Country will close in the next four years – abolishing a system set up in 1999.   In a white paper published today, the Department of Equality says the current system will come to an end in 2024.   From then, asylum-seekers will stay…

The National Public Health Emergency Team will meet this morning to consider testing every resident in direct provision for Covid-19.   Latest figures show there are 164 cases of the virus in asylum seeker accommodation, up from 88 last Saturday.   A further 29 people with Covid-19 have lost their…