‘Choice’ between meal or going to school on time [IrishExaminer]
- Published: 02 July 2010
THE Department of Justice is reportedly "forcing" asylum seeker families to make a stark choice — send their children to school on time or go hungry.
Migrant support group NASC Ireland claimed two dozen children, aged between five and 12, are being failed by the state.
They are residents at an accommodation centre in Cork’s Kinsale Road where breakfast is not served until 8am.
According to the independent organisation, children at the site are regularly late for school at St Nicholas, Christ the King and Togher boys and girls schools if they decide to have breakfast.
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