The Reception and Integration Agency (RIA) said it was introducing the new complaints system after visits to Mosney and a centre in Monaghan by members of an Oireachtas Committee raised serious concerns over the current system.
RIA told the Joint Committee on Health and Children yesterday that it was holding talks with centre managers around the country on how best to implement the system. The same meeting also heard that some residents of centres were "punished" for making complaints, and many felt "intimidated".
The committee also heard that the total amount spent by Government on asylum seekers in the past five years totals €1.275 billion, of which €423 million was spent on direct provision.
Read more: http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/complaints-mechanism-for-asylum-seekers-to-be-revised-133412.html#ixzz14WvIKNgj
RIA told the Joint Committee on Health and Children yesterday that it was holding talks with centre managers around the country on how best to implement the system. The same meeting also heard that some residents of centres were "punished" for making complaints, and many felt "intimidated".
The committee also heard that the total amount spent by Government on asylum seekers in the past five years totals €1.275 billion, of which €423 million was spent on direct provision.
Read more: http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/complaints-mechanism-for-asylum-seekers-to-be-revised-133412.html#ixzz14WvIKNgj
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