Housing crisis has worsened situation of asylum-seekers and creaking support system
. “We haven’t ever thought in a strategic long-term way about how we home people and we are feeling the effects of that now because the direct provision system is full.”
Last January, it emerged the number of those filing asylum claims in Ireland was on course to reach its highest level in 10 years. “Today we know there are over 700 people who have been granted international protection but who don’t have the means to get a foothold in the private rental sector and so who are forced to remain in the direct provision accommodation system,” said“The commission has also heard from people who have faced discrimination while seeking accommodation.”
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