#end direct provision

[desertpups]

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[nil-clu-da-laghad-agam]

irish followers!! i won’t be able to go to this due to lockdown restrictions but if you’re within 5km of the us embassy i urge you to attend this! it’s so important that we take a stand, not only to show solidarity with protesters in the states, but also to address the institutional racism in our own country and demand an end to direct provision. silence is violence, and we have to channel our anger and hurt and use it to amplify the voices of those who too often go unheard and ignored.

this is the facebook link for the event: 

https://www.facebook.com/events/658608868055874/

here’s a link with information and resources on how to aid the blm movement in america: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ (as i understand it, the minnesota freedom fund have been overwhelmed with donations, but there are so many more organisations listed here that could use your help as well as petitions to sign!)

and here are some links to help the fight at home:

MASI: https://t.co/qJXrOWFVS4?amp=1

Black Pride Ireland: https://t.co/87Wd0Ulgmv?amp=1

MERJ: https://www.gofundme.com/f/merj-community-fund

you can also support merj buy buying their book we’ve come a long way: http://editoraurutau.com.br/titulo/weve-come-a-long-way

if anyone has any more resources or info on other events taking place around the country feel free to add on! stay safe and look out for each other <3 

[queen-mabs-revenge]

Direct Provision is a hideous testament to the intersecting cruelties of a capitalist approach to asylum.

[transcript, citations removed] The applicant stated that he was familiar with the Zimbabwean LGBT group, GALZ, however, he did not attend their services. When asked why he did not seek their support, the applicant replied, “Because I felt more comfortable talking to my mum about it”. The applicant similarly stated that he did not attend any LGBT support groups since arriving in Ireland. When asked whether there was any reason why he had not sought such support, the applicant replied, “I was in school at the time trying to focus on my leaving cert.”. The applicant stated that he has never been in a same-sex relationship, and when asked whether there was any reason why not, he simply stated “No”. The applicant stated that he was bullied in both schools because he was gay.

Overall, the applicant’s account of the discovery of his sexual orientation lacks detail and specificity reasonably expected of someone who is gay. On the balance of probabilities, considering the above credibility concerns in relation to the applicant’s account of his sexual orientation, the applicant’s contention that he is gay is not accepted credible.

-- Asylum seeker’s verdict as passed down from the Irish Department of Justice

I cannot even begin to go through the hideousness of this denial of asylum. First, requiring anyone - much less a teenager - to recount intimate details to prove their sexuality? What the fuck?

Secondly, penalizing a kid for having a strong enough relationship with their parent that they chose to go to them first for support as they discovered their sexuality?

Thirdly, penalizing a student, a child in the Direct Provision system - a system that operates in remote locations - for not choosing to spend some of the €39/wk allowance in DP (which has to be used for all purchases outside of the provided food) to get transport to and from an LGBT support group, on top of attempting to study for their leaving exams in a crowded centre, most likely crammed into a room with their whole family, fed shitty cafeteria food that they have to eat at certain times and in communal eating rooms or not at all? And this being the thing that the court deems as proof against the asylum-seeker’s declared sexuality, and as grounds for denial and deportation???

If every you wanted an example of how a capitalist system uses the intersection of racism and homophobia to protect its profits, here you fucking go.

DP is a national crime. End Direct Provision.

[iamafeministtbh]

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[desertpups]

Petition to withdraw the deportation orders of a valued member of our local community who has built his life here in Ireland over the past 14 years!

[desertpups]

Céad Míle Fáilte - Welcome.

you can sign Ben's petition here.

GoFundMe

[djegg]

Contribution to Quaranzine by Mother Marx & Mannky, two of my favourite Limerick City creatives. All proceeds went to MASI.

https://issuu.com/mothermarx/docs/quaranzine_final