Korean woman found dead by her son in a direct provision centre in Cork

The woman was found in the Kinsale Road facility in Co. Cork.

A Korean asylum seeker is said to have died by suicide in a direct provision centre on Tuesday evening. According to The Irish Times, the woman was found in her bedroom by her six-year-old son. The mother and her young son was reportedly living in direct provision for the duration of a year. A spokesperson for the Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland, Lucky Khambule, spoke about the woman's life at the Cork centre.

"She had on occasions been to the doctor and she was evidently a quiet, sad person."

Her six-year-old son, who is now in the care of Túsla, the child and family agency, was playing outside the room before trying to enter the bedroom.

 "They were knocking and knocking and nothing was happening. So they went to the security guard who let them in. The girl and the boy went in...

"He was crying and crying until social services came and they took him away last night. They are looking after him. There is no family here whatsoever."

It is said a service in memoriam of  the Korean woman will be held by fellow residents at the direct provision centre, featuring a procession of people who will lay flowers at the block where she lived before her tragic death.