Caroline Reid is the Communications Officer, Irish Refugee Council. Liam Thornton is a lecturer in law in UCD. 

This post concludes the #directprovision15 week long online events. You can access all the blog posts here and can see the Tumblr page here. We would like to express our deep appreciation to all the contributors, in particular those in the direct provision system, for sharing their stories with us. Today marks the start of the 16th year of the direct provision system.

End Direct Provision.