Launch of Report: ‘One Size Doesn’t Fit All’
This event happened on 18 February 2010
Review of Event
On Thursday 18 February 2010, FLAC launched its report on the direct provision and dispersal system, 'One Size Doesn't Fit All'. The report is a legal analysis of the system of direct provision and dispersal in Ireland, 10 years on. It updates and elaborates on some of the key concerns about the system of direct provision and dispersal identified in FLAC's 2003 publication, Direct Discrimination? and examines the system of direct provision in the context of government policy, domestic law and international human rights standards.
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The launch also featured a screening of a clip from 'Living in Direct Provision', a series of short films speaking to a variety of issues affecting asylum seekers and families living in the direct provision system. Filmed over a 6-month period through digital storytelling workshops, the DVD was produced by Integrating Ireland and the Refugee Information Service in collaboration with FOMACS.
The event was chaired by Noeline Blackwell, Director General of FLAC, with contributions from Josephine Ahern (ISICI, now Integration Centre), Sue Conlan (IRC), Saoirse Brady (FLAC) and film-maker and former direct provision resident, Vukasin Nedeljkovic. The launch also marked the UN's World Day of Social Justice which falls on 20 February annually.
You can download a PDF of the full report or of the Executive Summary. Saoirse Brady made a presentation on the report at the launch. For further information around FLAC's work on direct provision, please see our campaign page.
Venue
The Georgian Suite, Buswell’s Hotel (23-25 Molesworth Street, Dublin)