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When your life is at risk you have to choose - Asylum seekers on coming to Ireland

As the new government commits to abolishing direct provision, Newstalk is examining the much deba...

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13.32 7 Jul 2020


When your life is at risk you have to choose - Asylum seekers on coming to Ireland


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13.32 7 Jul 2020


As the new government commits to abolishing direct provision, Newstalk is examining the much debated system. Ahead of an independent report into the scheme, we will be hearing from those living in accommodation centres.

Our reporter Barry Whyte has been speaking to asylum seekers from Albania and Zimbabwe who are living in Direct Provision. They explained to him why they left their home countries and what happens when they presented themselves to immigration at Dublin airport….


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