Direct provision settings may be unlawful

EU and Irish human rights laws require own-door accommodation.

Irish, EU, and international human rights law requires the State to provide safe, own-door accommodation for those in direct provision during the Covid-19 crisis, according to some experts.

The legal opinion was drafted by prominent human rights lawyer and senior counsel Michael Lynn and barrister Cillian Bracken for the Irish Refugee Council (IRC). The opinion was distributed widely by the Public Interest Law Alliance (PILA) to NGOs earlier this month.