Average of 10,000 people a day sign petition to prevent deportation of Eric Zhi Ying Xue

"This is something that absolutely has to be addressed."

An average of 10,000 people a day have signed a petition to prevent the deportation of a nine-year-old boy from Wicklow.

Eric Zhi Ying Xue, who is in 4th class in St. Cronan’s school in Bray, is facing deportation to China even though he was born and has lived all his life in Ireland.