Complaints about Direct Provision centres up 62% in one year 

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A man who claimed social isolation and a member of the LGBTI+ community who said she was denied a move to another centre despite living in fear were among complaints made to the Ombudsman last year about direct provision.

The Office of the Ombudsman received 99 complaints about direct provision in 2021, up from 61 a year earlier. Ger Deering said the increase was largely due to the return of his Office’s ‘outreach’ visits to direct provision centres at the end of last year. The visits had been suspended due to Covid-19 restrictions.