Bulelani Mfaco on Direct Provision

The Irish Passport

Society & Culture

4.8 • 652 Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2020

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Protests against Ireland’s controversial system for housing asylum seekers Direct Provision have been re-ignited as demonstrations against racism sweep the United States. We interviewed Bulelani Mfaco where he lives in Knockalisheen Direct Provision centre on the border of Limerick and Clare for our episode on the system published in January. In this bonus episode made specially to thank our Patreon supporters, we publish the full interview. He tells us about his experience living within the system and why he sees Direct Provision as deliberate marginalisation of migrants and akin to racial segregation. This bonus content was made possible by the continued support of our patrons! Sign up to support the podcast today at www.patreon.com/theirishpassport and gain access to our whole archive of Halfpint extra content. For access to our full archive of bonus content, head on over on our Patreon page www.patreon.com/theirishpassport. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook: @PassportIrish.

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0:00.0	Hello, welcome to Irish Passport.
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0:04.8	I'm Tim McInerney.
0:06.0	I'm Naomi O'Leary.
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0:13.2	Uh-huh.
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0:14.2	One, two, two, three.
0:16.6	Okay.
0:16.8	Okay. Welcome back, listeners to the Irish Passport Halfpines, the extra content we make especially to thank our Patreon
0:37.5	supporters. In this edition, we're bringing you our full interview with Bulilani Mafako,
0:42.0	a resident of the Nakhilician Direct Provision Centre just outside Limerick City, who featured
0:47.4	on our episode about Direct Provision in January 2020. Direct Provision is a system of accommodation
0:53.4	for asylum seekers in the Republic of Ireland.
0:56.0	It's been running for about 20 years, and for much of that time, it has been the object of serious criticism, both within Ireland and internationally.
1:03.5	If you want to hear more about the history of direct provision and why it's so controversial in Ireland right now, you can go back and tune in to our full episode titled
1:10.9	Direct Provision. But for now, I'll hand you over to Naomi at Nacalyshin. A quick warning,
1:16.2	this interview touches on issues of sexual violence. A quick note, too, that since we recorded
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