A person having no choice but to leave their country because of persecution is nothing I will ever know. These are the real stories we hear from people who have had no choice but to flee their countries, flee without their families and flee the lives they have made.

by Conor Kelly

As someone who was born in Ireland and who lived in a very progressive household, will never know the trauma of being forced from a country because of persecution. The people who face this nightmare situation daily are those seeking asylum in Ireland, and as an ally, must do everything can to empower and support them. Asylum seekers and refugees are cursed to live in Direct Provision - a system that has no regard for the convention on human rights - a system that, after 20 years, continues to treat asylum seekers and refugees like animals.