The IRC says that the publication highlights the extreme material deprivation experienced by asylum seeking children and their families in the direct provision system in Ireland.
Parents say that they cannot afford to buy enough food for their families. The publication, entitled Beyond the Pale - Asylum Seeking Children and Social Exclusion in Ireland, also highlights the psychological problems faced by asylum seeking children living in hostels, sharing rooms with their parents, perhaps five to a room.
The IRC says that a typical family with two children receives £65 a week. The equivalent on social welfare is approximately £190. The IRC wants an end to the discrimination of asylum seeking children in Ireland.
It said: "We want one policy to deal with poverty among children in Ireland, not two. We want them to be treated like human beings equally while they stay in this country. We don't want them penalised for claiming asylum in Ireland."
IRC says that the knock on effects of this problem are that children are going to bed hungry and parents are having to ration food.
