Gerry Adams says direct provision is like prison without the armed guards.
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He's compared his time in Long Kesh to the way asylum seekers are treated in Irish centres.
The Sinn Féin leader has visited Mosney where thousands of refugees are forced to live while their asylum applications are processed.
Under the system introduced in 1999, residents aren't allowed cook, work or be educated beyond the Leaving Cert.
Mr Adams says it's a basic denial of human rights.
