Migrant Crisis
Analysis: State opens two new fronts as migration challenges come to the fore once again
Plans to address asylum accommodation shortage and future migration announced by government
“It is anticipated that all existing direct provision centres will close by the end of 2024.”
So read the press release published almost three years ago to the day announcing the government’s plan to end the state’s reliance on outsourcing the accommodation of asylum seekers to the private sector, and to provide a more humane system.
In its earliest days, the coalition could not have foreseen the impact that migratory movement arising from Russia’s invasion ...
