Still no access to DP centres

Gerry Callaghan 2020-06-09

From Monday 8 June, under Phase two of the Government’s re-opening plan, you are advised to stay local and avoid unnecessary journeys. To stay safe, you need to limit where you go and limit the number of people you meet. In particular, we all need to work together for the overall safety of everybody in your centre.

For the present, to protect all residents, it will not be possible to invite visitors to the centre. This is being kept under review in consultation with Public Health guidance.

For more informaton see IPAS newsletter

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FAQ’s

We are a front line refugee support group mainly working on the Lissywollen Direct Provision site in Athlone. Our focus is on providing information and help to the 300 (on average) residents living there.

We also work on the Temple Direct Provision site in Horseleap, Moate.

Everyone in the DP sites in Athlone and Temple is what is described as a ‘Convention’ refugee. People who have arrived in Ireland under a United Nations resettlement program are known as ‘Programme’ refugees.

Convention refugees are people who have made their own way to Ireland and have applied for recognition of refugee status when they arrive.

Various official and unofficial routes and methods are used to travel to Ireland. These change continually, depending on weather conditions and enforcement levels at crossings.

On arrival people are normally housed for a few weeks in Baleskin, near Dublin airport. They are then dispersed to various direct provision centres around the country.

People can get protection if they meet the conditions set out in The United Nations Convention on Protection of Refugees.

See Definition of a Refugee

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