The recent publication of a White Paper on ending the 20-year-old direct provision system marks a welcome commitment to end a system that has long been criticised by Irish and international human rights organisations. Implemented quicklyThe White Paper proposes to resolve several long-standing issues that can be implemented quickly. There are a number of areas which, in my view, will require particular attention to turn the vision of the White Paper into reality on the ground. Processing applicationsFirst, one of the chronic problems of the current direct provision system is that processing applications takes too long. Catherine Day was chair of the Advisory Group on Direct Provision and is former secretary general of the European Commission

Source: The Irish Times March 06, 2021 00:11 UTC