Globe House residents call for the right to work
The Justice Minister is also facing increased pressure from residents of a Direct Provision centre in Sligo. Residents and campaigners with Globe House took to the streets of Sligo over the weekend calling for their basic right to work to be recognised. At the moment they cannot work while waiting…
Globe House resident says proposed changes ‘don’t go far enough’
Asylum seekers who spend more than nine months in direct provision without having their case decided are to be given the right to work. The changes, which are set to be approved in the coming week, will see a move away from the current system which doesn’t allow adults seeking…
Firm that runs Globe House in Sligo got €5.8m in 2016
The firm that runs Direct Provision centres for asylum seekers in Sligo town and in Ballyhaunis, Co Mayo, received €5.8 million last year. Bridgestock caters for about 500 asylum seekers. The €5.8m it received last year brings to €86 million the firm has received since 2000. Bridgestock has been providing…
Sligo County Council passes motion to end direct provision
Sligo County Council has unanimously passed motion this afternoon calling for an end to the Direct Provision system for asylum seekers. It was put forward by Independent Councillor Gino O Boyle who described the current system as inhumane. It comes after a man in the Direct Provision centre in Sligo…
Sligo Councillor calls for an end to Direct Provision
A motion is to come before a meeting of Sligo County Council today calling for an end to the Direct Provision system for asylum seekers. The local Direct Provision centre is at Globe House in Sligo where a resident recently went on hunger strike because he feared deportation back to…
Renewed calls for an end to Direct Provision
A Sligo Councillor intends to raise the issue of direct provision at a local level following the increasing concern for a man who has been on hunger strike at a centre in Sligo for over 35 days now. A 44 year old iranian man remains on hunger strike at Globe…