A new report published by the Irish Refugee Council catalogues over 10 years of enforced child poverty, malnutrition and social exclusion caused by the institutional system of accommodating asylum seekers, known as Direct Provision.   The report, ‘State sanctioned child poverty and exclusion:  the case of children in accommodation for asylum-seekers’, is launched today (18/9/12) by … Continue reading Direct Provision amounts to institutionalised poverty and social exclusion for children says new report from the Irish Refugee Council