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HomeNewsConcerns over direct provision working group

Concerns over direct provision working group

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Doras_logo by Kathy Masterson

kathy@limerickpost.ie

LIMERICK-based migrants rights organisation Doras Luimnรญ has expressed concerns about the Working Group on Direct Provision that was established last October to suggest improvements to the asylum seeker process.

And they have also praised the Irish Refugee Councilโ€™s decision to resign from the Working Group, due to concerns that the best interests of asylum seekers were not being fully considered.

โ€œWe have had serious concerns about the legitimacy of the Working Group and the Irish Refugee Councilโ€™s resignation confirms our initial reservations,โ€ said Doras Luimnรญ chief executive Karen McHugh.

โ€œFor the past six months, the ongoing effort of the Working Group has being used as an excuse for the Governmentโ€™s inaction and now it is apparent that it is not being given the power to input effectively.โ€

She added that the residents of Limerickโ€™s direct provision centres are becoming โ€œincreasingly disillusioned by the processโ€.

A resident of Hanrattyโ€™s Direct Provision centre in Limerick city centre said: โ€œOur hopes and expectations have been raised with the introduction of the Working Group. They were supposed to deliver a report in December 2014 but it was delayed until April. Then we read that it will not be ready until May. It shows they are just buying their time and not considering the lives of the people who are victims of a system we didnโ€™t create.โ€

Meanwhile, Minister of State Aodhรกn ร“ Rรญordรกin has welcomed the publication of the new International Protection Bill.

โ€œThere are three separate stages to apply to remain in the state, each with its own application process. This Bill will create a more efficient application process by introducing a single procedure mechanismโ€, he said.

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