Detectives are investigating an allegation that an African woman seeking asylum was raped by another asylum seeker in a direct provision centre four months ago. The woman was moved by the authorities from the centre after the alleged attack to a women’s refuge where she spent one month. The woman, who came to Ireland from an African country seeking asylum last year, says she was raped by another resident in the direct provision centre where she lived in the early hours of March 1st. However, she then learned she would be moved back into direct provision. The only solution is privacy.”Direct provision centres are “micro-societies and so they have their flaws”, says Dr Yonkova.

Source: The Irish Times July 09, 2020 23:49 UTC