MASI - Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland
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MASI is a grassroots group formed by asylum seekers to campaign against Direct Provision & deportations. 100% Voluntary
Ireland
Joined January 2017
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1. Over 60k people have spent years in Direct Provision.
2. Over €1 billion has been spent enriching operators of Direct Provision centres like
@Aramark
(owner of AVOCA & linked to CHOPPED & US prisons).
3. BOYCOTT AVOCA & CHOPPED
#EndDirectProvision
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You're disgusting. You literally threatened asylum seekers with tents and containers for campaigning against the abhorrent system of Direct Provision.
Racism is a virus that we have been fighting for millennia. Despite the progress we have made, it is no less virulent today and no less dangerous. We need to show solidarity as people of all races & backgrounds around the world come together to stop its spread and defeat it.
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With a few clicks, you can send an email to
@LeoVaradkar
,
@simoncoveney
,
@CharlieFlanagan
,
@davidstantontd
and your local TDs calling on them to end the abhorrent system of Direct Provision.
#EndDirectProvision
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BRILLIANT NEWS: asylum seekers in Direct Provision who lost their jobs due to Covid19 can apply for pandemic unemployment payment and IT WILL BE BACKDATED to the day you lost your job.
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Solidarity with asylum seekers who resolved to go on a hunger strike. They have, on numerous occasions, raised their concerns with
@DeptJusticeIRL
and they are ignored. There is nothing in the town for them.
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Fear and confusion in many Direct Provision centres, particularly ones in Dublin. A voice note being circulated openly calling for foreign nationals to be killed. Stay safe and be vigilant is a message we're horrified to send this evening.
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The gall to even tweet this nonsense when you've made money from US prisons and Ireland's abhorrent system of Direct Provision. BOYCOTT AVOCA AND CHOPPED!
#EndDirectProvision
#BlackLivesMatter
As we heard from our CEO this week…it will take all of us to make a difference. Racism has no place, injustice has no place, silence has no place!
#blackouttuesday
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"We give them free food"
@LeoVaradkar
would say
Just as everyone tucks into their Sunday lunch this is what a pregnant woman in Direct Provision in Monaghan is being served up!! No words
#directprovision
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Dear Minister
@CharlieFlanagan
@SimonHarrisTD
, how do you imagine an asylum seeker living in Direct Provision or homeless person living in emergency accommodation will self isolate if they have
#Coronavirusireland
symptoms? *Pic 2 is a crammed room in a Direct Provision centre
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Our heartfelt condolences to the Tunkala family and all residents in Mosney for the loss of their beloved son Bilal whose body was found by the sea side in Mosney after a long search on Wednesday night. Our thoughts and prayers are with the family in this time of grief. R.I.P.
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Asylum seekers and locals in Caherciveen, Co. Kerry call for
#EndDirectProvision
marching in solidarity with
#BlackLivesMatter
#BLMIreland
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One of the founders of MASI, Lucky Khambule in Co. Wicklow, Ireland
#BlackLivesMatter
#EndDirectProvision
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We love
@DeniseChaila
"I would regret the things that I do not say far more than I would regret anything that I do say"
@DeniseChaila
chats to Ryan.
#LateLate
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The M Hotel, former , Treacys Hotel in Monaghan. In Apartheid South Africa, white people and black people weren't allowed to sit on same park bench. This is Ireland in 2019 where asylum seekers are forbidden to go into a bar, use main entrance, or sit with Irish people
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To Trans asylum seekers, visibility can be deadly. Solidarity with persecuted Trans people around the world, and in Direct Provision.
#TransDayOfVisibility
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Red Cow Hotel started putting reg tags permanently to, as they say, identify them at the hotel. Residents are angry with this degrading and dehumanisation of their lives as asylum seekers.
#regtagsmustgo
#redcowhotel
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The International Protection Office in the
@DeptJusticeIRL
rejected an asylum claim from a Nigerian woman because they found it implausible that a Chief would desire and rape a woman in her 30s when she had a fiancee and children. They asked her to justify why he'd rape her
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Security found the 6 year old boy's mom behind the door, dead, in a Direct Provision centre in Cork (Aug 2016). Her name is You Jung Han. This Saturday at 19h00, we ask that you light a candle & remember the people who died in Direct Provision
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Not only do you preside over a racist and cruel system of Direct Provision, you defend it, and recently warned against ending it because it might, in your racist imagination, make Ireland more attractive to economic migrants. You're a disgrace!
#EndDirectProvision
Racism is an abhorrent evil with no place in a democratic society. Today I was proud to stand with TDs in solidarity with victims of racism. Min Stanton & I work to promote anti racism strategies. All of us must play a part to ensure that our society cherishes all people equally.
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This gets worse: Ms Una McGurk SC who addressed white supremacists at a rally in Dublin will hear an appeal for refugee status scheduled for this Wednesday. Has she been tested for
#COVID19
Minister
@HMcEntee
? Why is she not suspended pending review of her conduct
@IpatTribunal
?
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You're disgusting. In this decision you actually sent to an asylum seeker, you assume to have some authority to validate or invalidate their sexual orientation. Also, you've ignored the plight of LGBTQI+ asylum seekers in Direct Provision. Disgraceful!
#EndDirectProvision
We were delighted to host a virtual Learn at Lunchtime panel discussion on Sexuality and the Gender Spectrum yesterday.
Thanks to Judith Finlay from
@ShoutOut_IE
, Olive Wilson from
@IrelandIntersex
and Oscar James for their informative and inspiring contributions.
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It would be great if they actually used their power to legislate for
#EndDirectProvision
.
�� VIDEO: The Dáil has held a minute's silence in solidarity with victims of racism
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Stripping ethnic minorities of their agency, right to privacy, dignity, forcing asylum seeking children to grow up in poverty and their mothers into selling sexual favours to make ends meet is racist
@LeoVaradkar
.
Leo Varadkar concedes some Direct Provision accommodation is substandard but it is "ultimately a service provided by the state… free accommodation, food, heat, lighting, education, and some spending money. It's not the same thing as a man being killed by the police."
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A healthcare worker in Direct Provision who put her life into her work in a nursing home during the pandemic has received a letter issued on behalf of Minister
@HMcEntee
telling her to leave Ireland or be deported. Seeing a lot of refusals in the past couple of weeks
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With a few clicks you can let Minister
@HMcEntee
know that Una McGurk should not be making life and death decisions in the appeals tribunal while making speeches to and admiring anti-migrant groups. She will hear an appeal from an asylum seeker this week
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#BlackLivesMatter
exists because of such nonsense. One rule for Black people and ethnic minorities. And another rule for Gemma O'Doherty and co who are touring the country with their "protests". Don't you dare
@gardainfo
. Leave the young people alone
Garda criminal investigation into Dublin Black Lives Matter protest organisers over Covid-19 breach
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Apparently we touched the CEO of Chopped when we called for a boycott of Chopped because of their ties with
@Aramark
who has made millions from US prisons and Direct Provision centres.
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"I don't want my children to go through this." Limerick ends protest with kneeling.
#BlackLivesMatter
#BLMIreland
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And we have a new header. Thank you Cork City
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Report after report condemning Direct Provision. One day politicians will say they didn't know what was happening and apologise.
#EndDirectProvision
@MichealMartinTD
@rodericogorman
@MaryLouMcDonald
@LeoVaradkar
@VirginMediaNews
"We must learn the lesson that institutionalisation creates power structures, and abuses of power, and must never again be an option for our country in any circumstance."
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Our coordinator tells us that by Saturday, YOU had donated over €70k into our PayPal account. Thank you so much for the support!!! We will make an announcement on a very exciting initiative soon. Watch the space.
#EndDirectProvision
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"Ultimately we want an end to Direct Provision as we know it and to replace it with a system that is fit for purpose, allowing those living there the dignity they deserve."
#EndDirectProvision
via
@rte
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She fled war and says her time in Direct Provision was the toughest time of her life.
At a time of so much debate about immigration, this is a really heart-warming and inspiring human story of triumph over adversity: Syrian medical student who lived in Direct Provision hopes to inform and inspire others
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We are feeding the strande guys living in tents outside the IPO. Thank God Garda chased the racists far right group that threatened to burn people's tents. Thank you to all of you who continue to support asylum seekers and refugees in this country. The rist is still there though.
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29 laptops from
@fontainesdublin
are reaching new owners in Direct Provision. Thank you for the support ✊🏿✊🏿✊🏼
#EndDirectProvision
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Ben has lived in Ireland for 14 years and
@DeptJusticeIRL
wants to deport him.
@LeoVaradkar
begging Trump to regularise undocumented Irish people in the US 🙄 Please sign and share the petition
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We need more than PR
@LeoVaradkar
. There is a lot government can do to end institutionalised racism in Ireland.
#EndDirectProvision
Did a meeting today with some Irish people of colour, to talk about how we can use this moment as an opportunity to eliminate racism in Ireland and ensure equal opportunities for all
@davidstantontd
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10 men living in 1 bedroom in Portalington. Women selling sex to make ends meet. Children growing up in state-sponsored poverty. There is no award for most inhumane asylum system. Ireland can, should and must do better. Quit defending stripping people of their rights
@LeoVaradkar
Taoiseach says direct provision 'better than using tents'
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1. Our condolences to George's family and friends.
2. There is a wealth of evidence to show that Gardaí are capable of, and have resolved such situations without killing anyone. Thus someone must account for the murder of George.
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And this can be addressed without a referendum. Shameful that
@LeoVaradkar
travels to the US to ask the US government to regularise undocumented Irish people in the US while the Irish government serves deportation orders on children who were born in Ireland. Hypocritical
Also the 27th amendment which was voted in by Irish people in 2004 limited the right to Irish citizenship meaning children born in Ireland are not granted citizenship unless they are children of an Irish citizen.. this passed by 80%.... ireland is and always has been racist
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We are working on something and can't tell you about it yet. It's big. In fact, it will be our biggest initiative to date.
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Asylum seekers and locals in Cahersiveen have had enough Minister
@CharlieFlanagan
@davidstantontd
@LeoVaradkar
@simoncoveney
@SimonHarrisTD
.
#COVID19
#EndDirectProvision
#PapersForAll
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BREAKING: Aramark to Leave UCD for ‘Commercial Reasons’ - They said something similar when they left Trinity College.
@UL
, you still have
@Aramark
on campus. They run Knockalisheen Direct Provision centre.
#EndDirectProvision
Boycott AVOCA!!!
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An LGBTQ+ asylum seeker from Nigeria faces possible deportation from Ireland as Minister for Justice says his sexuality is not credible.
@DeptJusticeIRL
says it's not plausible that a young man would have sex with same sex partners if law & custom forbid it. God help us all!
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1. They would stay in a reception centre for no longer than 90 days.
2. They'd have unrestricted right to work and assistance to find employment.
3. They'd receive same HAP and welfare payments received by any homeless & unemployed Irish person.
4. Cheaper (pic 2) & humane
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Mona has been missing for a month now. She claimed asylum in Ireland and was placed in a Direct Provision Centre. Her age, being a woman from a migrant background, and only knowing other people in her situation make her extremely vulnerable.
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One of your many roommates tests positive for
#COVID19
. Everyone who shared with them has to go into isolation. That's grand but then isolation is again 1 bedroom with many beds. Starved then served crap. This is Temple Direct Provision centre in Moate Westmeath
@LeoVaradkar
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MASI was born in Cork ✊🏾✊🏼✊🏿
#BlackLivesMatter
#EndDirectProvision
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Hey
@Aramark
@avocaireland
, your profiteering from our misery will end in this lifetime. BOYCOTT AVOCA AND CHOPPED.
#EndDirectProvision
"Children are growing up in this system" Lucky from
@masi_asylum
addressing students outside
@avocaireland
#EndDP
#AvocaJam
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A number of Palestinians have sought protection in Ireland. We reiterate our call to Minister for Justice
@HMcEntee
to add Palestine to priority list in processing asylum claims. South Africans had no issue claiming protection from Apartheid South Africa
Israeli occupation soldier smashes a car window with his machine gun and points it at a Palestinian man’s head.
This is what Palestinians have to live under.
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Aren't we all just thrilled that one of our founders got her residency papers after years in the abhorrent system of Direct Provision and campaigning for change? Blessings to you and family
@donnahsvuma
!!!
#EndDirectProvision
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Aramark pulled out of Trinity College after students campaigning for boycott.
@FineGaelBot
@masi_asylum
@Aramark
Best case scenario Aramark pull out of DP and any other business recognises how bad of a financial decision it is to invest in them and doesn't 💅
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Not told often enough: When asylum seekers shutdown several Direct Provision centres in protest in 2014, Travellers who live next to Athlone Direct Provision centre blocked an alternative entrance when
@Aramark
staff tried to use it. Solidarity!
#TravellerPrideWeek
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Our co founder
@donnahsvuma
is on the
#TommyTiernanShow
tonight. You can watch on RTE Player later if you miss it
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This is disgraceful! Temple Direct Provision centre stopped providing an allowance for nappies for asylum-seeking children. Parents are now having to chose between getting food or nappies in the food hall. This ain't supports & comforts
@CharlieFlanagan
. Its cruelty
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We are looking into tribunal decisions made by Ms Una McGurk. We'll ask
@HMcEntee
to probe breach of code of conduct for tribunal members, removal from office, review of her decisions, set aside negative decisions, & revoke deportation orders coming from her decisions
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Direct Provision is not fit for purpose. Entire family unit stuck in hotel bedroom for years with no idea when they'll be allowed to live like other families in the country. We feel for them.
#EndDirectProvision
A family of five have lodged an appeal against their mandatory hotel quarantine saying the facilities are not fit for purpose.
Michelle O'Dowd says she has serious concerns about the welfare of her 14, 10 and 9 yr olds if they've to remain in quarantine for twelve days
@rtenews
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"You are constantly reminded of how bad your life is. And you are constantly reminded that you are not considered part of Irish society."
#EndDirectProvision
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Our cofounder Lucky Khambule is celebrating his birthday. We're truly lucky to have him. Birthday blessings comrade✊🏿✊🏾✊🏼
#EndDirectProvision
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Unapologetically the best version of yourself and bold. Bless you SO and your loved ones!!!
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The gall to even tweet this nonsense when you've made money from US prisons and Ireland's abhorrent system of Direct Provision. BOYCOTT AVOCA AND CHOPPED!
#EndDirectProvision
#BlackLivesMatter
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Mandatory 14 day quarantine for asylum seekers who sleep outside Direct Provision centre for 1 night without telling management but no mandatory quarantine for people arriving at Dublin airport. Not much has changed Minister
@rodericogorman
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Yet another cluster of
#COVID19
in Direct Provision, the
@HSELive
confirms. This time, it's the Esplanade Hotel in Bray.
#EndDirectProvision
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Delivered today and our coordinator is ready to post these to students in Direct Provision. We had a long waiting list for them. So far, over 200 new laptops have been delivered to students in Direct Provision. Thank you for the support!!!
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PRESS STATEMENT: on White Paper to
#EndDirectProvision
. Concerned by congregated settings for single people; news plans not to be codified in law; date set Dec 2024 with no detailed plan on people currently in DP, calls on
@OireachtasNews
to legislate for new system
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The
@DeptJusticeIRL
says we've been capitalising on public attention to Direct Provision (because in their heads weren't responsible for it) so here is us capitalising. Selling these for a while thanks to
@ceg_ceghead
for organising
#EndDirectProvision
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We've just received 15 new laptops for asylum-seeking students in Direct Provision. We still have a waiting list from students. Thank you for the support
#EndDirectProvision
#PapersForAll
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Tonight we were contacted by a parent of 2 children born in Ireland who were served with a deportation order 17 months ago. Minister
@HMcEntee
, you have the power to revoke the deportation order before its too late
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✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾 we won't march with the same cops used to deport us
#Pride2019
#PrideAlternative
#DublinPride
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This link should give you easy access to the reports by the Transparency Unit in the
@DeptJusticeIRL
that has been monitoring tweets with criticism of the abhorrent system of Direct Provision. Thanks
@Sian_Cowman
&
@kenfoxe
for this
#EndDirectProvision
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This is outrageous!!! The average rate is €1050 per month for each asylum seeker in Direct Provision (more than double in emergency accommodation). This room in the East End Hotel in Portarlington has 10 asylum seekers in a room with no windows. Queue for shower and toilet
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After 19 people tested positive in a Direct Provision centre in Cahersiveen, Kerry, asylum seekers + locals are calling on
@DeptJusticeIRL
to shutdown the centre and move people somewhere safe. A staff member reportedly tested positive & likely to be living with family
#COVID19
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Our coordinator will be posting these laptops to asylum-seeking students in various Direct Provision centres.
#EndDirectProvision
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Lucy has been in Direct Provision for 14 years. No one in the
@DeptJusticeIRL
can rewind time and give her back the 14 years she has spent in the abhorrent system of Direct Provision without the right to work.
#EndDirectProvision
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Dear Irish People,
While your government refuses to build social housing, they are happy to spend €300 million building new Direct Provision centres to warehouse asylum seekers. They'll probably be run by private companies who'll make millions from it.
#EndDirectProvision
Govt planning to build Direct Provision centres in 13 counties. No one told them that you can make it as comfortable as you want, without unrestricted right to work, it remains an open prison. See you on the streets
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An asylum seeker was stranded in Eyre Square in Galway last night after being refused entry into a Direct Provision centre. IPAS who oversee Direct Provision transferred him from Newbridge to Galway. When he arrived in Galway, they refused to check him in Minister
@rodericogorman
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Taoiseach
@LeoVaradkar
wants us to accept that asylum seekers should be treated less than he'd be treated if he was to become destitute tomorrow. Its migrants, ethnic minorities, being treated differently beds of nationality. That is racism.
#EndDirectProvision
Leo Varadkar concedes some Direct Provision accommodation is substandard but it is "ultimately a service provided by the state… free accommodation, food, heat, lighting, education, and some spending money. It's not the same thing as a man being killed by the police."
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Outfits made by one of the residents. Talent
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At 7pm on Monday,
#WeRemember
the people who have died in Direct Provision by lighting a candle wherever you are. Han came to Ireland with her little boy. When she died, he had no other family in Ireland. We remember her in August every year
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Dear People of Ireland,
Your government intends to open more inhumane emergency Direct Provision centres and Direct Provision centres around the country. The next one could be in your town. You can oppose it without racial undertones.
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Several cars delivered goods to Direct Provision centres. The "spending money" referenced by
@LeoVaradkar
in the Dáil and
@FineGael
TDs when defending the abhorrent system of Direct Provision is pathetic. Try to shop with €38.80. Thanks to the donors and people delivering
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A queer woman who fled persecution in Zimbabwe was asked to prove her sexual orientation by the IPO in this department and told she imagined the persecution. Another was asked same by appeals tribunal. This shows what has become of
#DublinPride
. Time to reclaim
#PrideMonth
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This guitar was donated and today we found a new home for it. The young man screamed when he saw it. He started singing (forgot the song 🙈). A 2nd guitar was also donated to another young fella living in an emergency Direct Provision centre. From the solidarity dinner in Bray
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We've been inundated with emails and texts for support. ✊🏾✊🏼✊🏿
#EndDirectProvision
It's amazing to see
@masi_asylum
so ascendant. Feels like ARC in the years before the 8th referendum. Against all odds, they've built real awareness & anger at DP. A tipping point will come, sooner rather than later, and Lucky, Bulelani & co will deserve medals when it does.
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Good news from
#Cahersiveen
if true. Skellig Star to close in coming months and residents being transferred to other centres starting from next week
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Try that as an asylum-seeking parent who is not allowed to work.
For 3 kids’ schoolbooks.NOT including school rental,NOT including school supplies,NOT including uniforms,NOT including “voluntary” contributions. FREE EDUCATION MY ARSE!! I am beyond raging over this.
@Education_Ire
@RBoydBarrett
@emma_okelly
@rtenews
@IrishTimes
@irishexaminer
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The asylum seekers remaining in Cahersiveen tested negative for
#COVID19
and want out of the horrible Direct Provision centre. They chanted: Move us out. Listen to them
@CharlieFlanagan
. They haven't disinfected the building which is another concern besides useless management
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You're disgusting. You literally threatened asylum seekers with tents and containers for campaigning against the abhorrent system of Direct Provision.
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Tullamore taking the knee with "racism is a pandemic" seen on placard.
#BlackLivesMatter
#EndDirectProvision
✊🏾✊🏼✊🏿
@OffalyEquality
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A mother in Direct Provision told Irish courts that she had to sell sexual favours to support her sick child. Child died while fighting against a deportation order. The child spent most of their short 9 years life fighting the Irish State.
#EndDirectProvision
@MichealMartinTD
@VirginMediaNews
"We must learn the lesson that institutionalisation creates power structures, and abuses of power, and must never again be an option for our country in any circumstance."
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The National Party is probably having a meltdown...
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When the new Taoiseach takes over and Cabinet Members are appointed, we'll be looking to see implementation of these commitments. We won't stop working until the last Direct Provision centre closes its doors.
#EndDirectProvision
#PFG
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥asylum seekers are called all sorts of names from welfare scroungers to economic migrants. Our comrade is enraged by all the things that seek to undermine the value and contribution of migrants in Ireland.
#BlackLivesMatter
#EndDirectProvision
#BLMIreland
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When Gemma and crew went around towns to spread their vile ideas,
@tpmlaws
used the opportunity to counter their nonsense by doing a fundraiser for us. Thank you!!! ✊🏼✊🏾✊🏿
#EndDirectProvision
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Congratulations to Pamela!!! She spent 10 years in Direct Provision Minister
@rodericogorman
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#EndDirectProvision
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