Direct Provision Centres to close by 2024
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…
Covid -19 Testing to focus on direct provision
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…
Donegal TD and Education Minister Joe McHugh to visit a direct provision centre
Donegal TD and Education Minister Joe McHugh is to visit a direct provision centre in the coming weeks to hear the views of families and young people. Last night, Minister McHugh told the Dail he was confident school places would be found for up to thirty children living in direct…