[2] The group argues that the privatised nature of direct provision centres in Ireland results in chronic issues regarding health, hygiene, and civil and human rights of those housed there.

[3] They held their first conference in Liberty Hall, Dublin in October 2019, with a keynote from MASI spokesperson Bulelani Mfaco.

[1] In 2020, MASI have highlighted the systemic issues around the management and containment of COVID-19 in direct provision centres across Ireland,[7][8] due to problems regarding the inability for people to self-isolate, over-crowding, and lack of facilities for families and children.

Some of these centres have been individually identified as having on-going issues, including in Cahersiveen,[9] Miltown Malbay,[10] and Portarlington.

[11] MASI alongside Nasc, the Sanctuary Runners, Doras, Irish Refugee Council, and the Immigrant Council of Ireland, called for all vulnerable and at-risk migrants be removed from direct provision centres.