Five out of 83 Direct Provision centres around the country are over capacity, while a large majority are close to being over-subscribed. The figures show that more than 40% of people in Direct Provision are in accommodation centres for two or more years. The capacity of Direct Provision accommodation centres in Ireland is 6,093 and 17%, or 1,047 of those, have been in Direct Provision accommodation for between two and three years. Up to 748 have spent up to four years in Direct Provision, and nearly 3% have been in the accommodation centres for seven years or more. In 2017, 769 were granted refugee status, 725 in 2016, and 547 in 2015.#- Digital Desk

Source: Evening echo December 03, 2018 08:37 UTC