Go see the demeaning conditions at the Kinsale Road asylum centre

Residents of the Kinsale Road Accommodation Centre recently demanded that their human rights and dignity be restored and that applications for refugee status be dealt with swiftly.

These people have fled persecution only to end up trapped in this country, with no right to work. They are warm, intelligent, often well-educated people who stave off depression through mutual moral support, but they are exasperated.

Far too many have been waiting more than five years, and up to 10 years in some cases.