Direct provision: 'If that is the kindness of the Irish State, I would hate to experience its cruelty'

"The longing for a place to call home can be unbearable as you count months and years existing in an environment that eats away at your humanity," Bulelani Mfaco said.

An activist campaigning for the end of the direct provision system for housing asylum seekers in Ireland has criticised the State's treatment of people coming into the country looking for a better life.

Outlining the exploitation and poor treatment they receive, Bulelani Mfaco from the Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland, said the system "eats away at your humanity".