'Living in direct provision is teaching us to be dependent, and weak'

Direct provision cocoons asylum seekers in a half-life of dependency. Unable to work and in fear of deportation, they stagnate in centres like the former Butlins in Mosney, says Donal O’Keeffe.

“I WANT to feel Irish,” says Emily, “but now I would be very happy to just feel like I am a human being.”