Asylum seekers’ protest extends to fifth centre

The wave of protests by residents of Ireland’s direct provision system spread to a fifth accommodation centre yesterday.

Asylum seekers’ protest extends to fifth centre

Some 88 residents at the Ashbourne House Hotel direct provision centre in Glounthane, Co Cork, began a hunger strike to highlight the “inhumane conditions” of the system, and the length of time some residents have been forced to live in the system.

“We have been here for too long. We are not allowed to work, to go to school. We are stuck,” one resident, Constance, said.

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