There is no clear reason why asylum seekers are having to wait up to 11 years in the State’s initial refugee reception system, according to an immigration expert.

CHILD advocacy specialist Norah Gibbons was shocked when she heard there are more than 2,000 children living in direct provision accommodation in this country.

ONE third of people now living in state-run centres for asylum seekers are children – many of whom have been born into the system, figures from the Reception and Integration Agency have revealed.