THE Supreme Court will this morning deliver a landmark ruling which could see Irish-born children forced out of the country or left behind if their parents are deported.

ASYLUM SEEKERS rights are being abused under a system whereby records of their fingerprints will be kept on a European database for 10 years, civil liberty groups warned yesterday.

REFUGEE groups last night urged the Government not to follow Britain in introducing measures barring most asylum seekers from receiving social welfare.

REFUGEES could be sent home under a new directive which will strip them of their status and breach the Geneva Convention, civil rights groups warned yesterday.