Number in asylum centres increases despite criticisms

The Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service says 4,696 asylum seekers and refugees were in direct provision centres at the end of 2015, a 7.6% increase on the number in 2014.
INIS said the increase was due to a rise in the number of asylum applications between 2014 and 2015 and noted the trend had been on a downward slide prior to that.