'Asylum seekers not being hired because of Covid-19' - MASI

Members of Movement of Asylum Seekers Ireland (MASI) at a conference in Dublin last October, calling for an end to the direct provision system for asylum seekers.

Some a sylum seekers are not being hired because of Covid-19 but should not be stigmatised for living in direct provision, an advocate for the Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland (MASI) has said.

Amanda Nyoni, an asylum seeker from Zimbabwe and member of MASI, was speaking at a virtual event hosted by the Democracy in Europe Movement on Thursday.