Record number of asylum seekers in international protection system died last year

Tents pitched by asylum seekers along a stretch of the Grand Canal in Dublin: 'The conditions for men who are left homeless for months and months waiting for accommodation to become available are dreadful.'

A record annual number of asylum seekers died in the international protection system last year, according to new figures, which show 14 deaths took place in 2024.

The data from the International Protection Accommodation Service (Ipas) also shows another three asylum seekers have already died in the first six weeks of this year.