Almost 4,000 asylum seekers who were served deportation orders have an “unknown status” in Ireland, new figures have revealed.
New Freedom of Information data has shown that 4,631 deportation orders were issued to people seeking international protection between 2018 and 2022.
Deportation orders are served in a letter which states that, by law, those in question must present themselves at the Office of the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) on a specified date and time to make arrangements for their exit from the country.
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Migrants who fail to present themselves to the GNIB are assumed to be evading their deportation and “immediately become liable to arrest and detention”.
Read more: Sunday World
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