Voices From Direct Provision Book is a profoundly moving and deeply important collection, both documenting the facts of the direct provision system as well as recording life experiences from the asylum seekers trapped inside the brutal system. It is written by asylum seekers and gives first-hand accounts of the deplorable living conditions endured by those detained at direct provision centres.

For the ADPI it was vital that the campaign provided a safe space for anonymous submissions, outlining the reality of daily life in direct provision, the fears and stark conditions endured by internees at the 70 direct provision centres spread across 23 counties in Ireland.

“The Voices from Direct Provision book gives a vital empowering voice to the concerns of people stranded in the limbo of the Irish direct provision experience. On World Refugee Day we remember the almost 80 million people worldwide who have been driven from their homes. In Ireland we must ask both ourselves as a society, and our government as our representatives, how we have faced up to our responsibilities to treat refugees and asylum seekers with dignity, respect and justice.

Direct Provision is a broken system which denies asylum seekers rights guaranteed under the Irish constitution and the European Convention on Human Rights. I encourage everyone to sign the Abolish Direction Provision petition and support the call for an amnesty and full right to remain for all asylum seekers in Ireland”.
Lord Mayor Hazel Chu at Launch on 20th June 2021

Published by the Abolish Direct Provision Campaign, a voluntary group led by victims of direct provision in Ireland. Funds from purchasing this publication will go towards Back to School Donations for Kids in Direct Provision. Find out more about the campaign at https://www.directprovision.org/