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Lack of information on asylum-seeker deaths 'shambolic'

The agency responsible for providing direct provision accommodation does not have access to death certificates on any of the 53 people who died in the last ten years, according to Minister Alan Shatter.

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Aug 26th 2013, 7:15 AM

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Column: My soul-destroying life as an asylum-seeker

Moussa has been living in a hostel in Ireland for seven years while the Government decides if he can stay and work here. Waiting is soul-destroying, he says, as is being made to feel like a criminal.

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Oct 8th 2011, 10:00 AM