Deportations from Ireland higher than Irish deportations from US
Frances Mulraney
@FrancesMulraney
January 27, 201702:00 PM
Amidst calls for calm among the estimated 50,000 Irish living undocumented in the US, the Irish Department of Justice this week revealed that the number of foreigners deported from Ireland in 2016 rose by 50% to 428.
In contrast, the latest figure available for Irish deportations from the US is from 2014, when 33 Irish people living and/or working in the US illegally were apprehended and sent home by the federal immigration authorities, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
In 2016, 428 people were deported from Ireland, costing the state $746,815 (€698,814) in flights. Last year’s deportations totaled 142 more people than the 286 deported in 2015. In addition to the deportations put into effect, there were in total 1,200 deportation orders signed by the Irish Department of Justice last year, a 56% increase on 2015. The top six countries of origin of those deported were Nigeria, China, Ghana, Brazil, Albania, and South Africa.
“A decision to deport a person is never taken lightly,” a spokesperson from the Department of Justice said of the increased figures.
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