Serious fire safety concerns, breaches of contracts and planning rules, and, in one case, a high risk to residents’ lives led authorities to tear up contracts with several private emergency accommodation providers in recent months, documents released under freedom of information reveal.  The State has largely failed to build out its own accommodation to support people fleeing war, persecution and other hardships, adopting a reactive, crisis-led approach by turning to the private accommodation sector for emergency support.  There are now more than 33,000 people, including 9,000 children, in 324 asylum centres across the country, of which close to 260 are…

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