Direct Provision, Rights and Everyday Life for Asylum Seekers in Ireland during Covid-19

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5936749
AutoresF Murphy (0000-0001-9479-3184, Queen's University Belfast, autor de correspondencia)
Año2021
Volumen10
Número4
Páginas140
Fecha de publicación2021-04-15
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSocial Sciences (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2076-0760 • E-ISSN: 2076-0760
EditorialMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/socsci10040140
OpenAlexW3153670753
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas31

This article considers the impact of COVID-19 on international protection applicants in the Irish asylum system. It presents a critical reflection on the failings of direct provision and how the experience of COVID-19 has further heightened the issues at stake for asylum seekers and refugees living in Ireland. In Ireland, international protection applicants are detained in a system of institutionalized living called direct provision where they must remain until they receive status. Direct provision centres offer substandard accommodation and are often overcrowded. During the pandemic, many asylum seekers could not effectively socially isolate, so many centres experienced COVID-19 outbreaks. This article examines these experiences and joins a community of scholars calling for the urgent end to the system of direct provision

Accommodation · Asylum seeker · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Criminology · Irish · Pandemic · Political science · Public relations · Refugee · Sociology · Law · Medicine · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Health and Trauma · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Psychology