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Direct Division
This consultation with children living in Direct Provision accommodation focuses on their views of their rights under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and their life in Ireland. It explores their experiences and views of inclusion and exclusion in their accommodation, school, the local community and wider Irish society. The consultation has resulted in a report, film and gallery of children’s messages to Ireland and art work.
Children’s views and experiences of living in Direct Provision. A report by the Ombudsman for Children’s Office 2020
An account of children’s experiences of living in Ireland.
Art work and messages to Ireland from children living in Direct Provision.
The Ombudsman for Children’s Office presents Life in Lockdown, a report on the views and experiences of children living in Direct Provision accommodation during the Covid-19 pandemic. Following on from our Direct Division report earlier this year, the OCO spoke to a small number of children in Direct Provision centres about what life was like for them during the first lockdown.
