Mother of three Pamela Izevbekhai has lost her Supreme Court fight to stay in Ireland.

The Supreme Court has reserved judgment on a hearing that will determine whether Nigerian woman Pamela Izevbekhai's appeal against deportation will go ahead.

The Supreme Court has been told a second set of documents provided by Nigerian woman Pamela Izevbekhai to prove her daughter died of Female Genital Mutilation are fakes.

LAWYERS for a Nigerian mother-of-two fighting deportation are expected to tell the Supreme Court today that they have obtained documents which support her bid to remain here.

A NIGERIAN mother and her two daughters fighting deportation have received death threats warning the family will be shot dead if they remain in Ireland.

RESEARCH funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs has found evidence of widespread female genital mutilation (FGM) among some communities in Nigeria.

I AM writing in relation to the case of Pamela Izevbekhai’s who is seeking humanitarian leave to remain in Ireland with her two children.

The Irish rate of granting refugee status to asylum seekers is well below the EU average, it was claimed today.

A NIGERIAN mother battling deportation with her two daughters intends fighting claims by gardaí that she faked the death of her first child, saying the infant died from female genital mutilation.

MANY more refugees afraid to return to their own countries should qualify to remain in Ireland following a ruling from the European Court of Justice which says they need only face serious harm if they return home.

THE High Court has dismissed a legal challenge aimed at preventing the deportation of a Nigerian woman who claims her two daughters are at risk of serious harm due to female genital mutilation (FGM) if returned to Nigeria.

AMNESTY International Ireland and the Irish Refugee Council have urged Justice Minister Dermot Ahern to let Pamela Izevbekhai and her two young daughters stay in Ireland.

Amnesty International tonight pleaded with Justice Minister Dermot Ahern to reconsider deporting a Nigerian woman from Ireland over fears her daughters would suffer genital mutilation.

Nigerian woman Pamela Izevbekhai will go to the Supreme Court with her challenge aimed at preventing her and her two daughters' deportation.

The High Court has dismissed a legal challenge aimed at preventing the deportation of a Nigerian woman who claims her two young daughters are at risk of serious harm due to female genital mutilation (FGM) if returned to Nigeria.

A Nigerian woman who claims her two young daughters are at risk of serious harm due to female genital mutilation (FGM) if the family is deported has commenced her latest legal challenge in a bid to prevent her and her family being returned to Nigeria.

A NIGERIAN mother facing deportation has visited the Oireachtas to plead for Justice Minister Dermot Ahern to reconsider her request for asylum.

A JUDGE who refused to stop a deportation order against a Nigerian mother, who fears her two daughters are at risk of female genital mutilation (FGM), yesterday agreed to disqualify himself from hearing separate judicial review proceedings also taken by the woman following an application from her lawyers.

WE write as a concerned mother and daughter in relation to the Government’s decision in the Izevbekhai case (November 19/December 11).

A NIGERIAN woman facing deportation is to be allowed to stay in Ireland for the moment until a full case on her deportation can be heard.

GROUPS working to end female genital mutilation (FGM) have urged the Government to introduce laws specifically outlawing the practice.

The European Court of Human Rights has formally asked the Government not to deport a Nigerian woman and her two young daughters to Nigeria until it has considered her arguments against the deportation orders, including that her two daughters face a real risk of female genital mutilation if returned.

FORMER president Mary Robinson has expressed concern over the fate of a mother fighting deportation to her native Nigeria where she believes her two young daughters will suffer female genital mutilation.

A vigil will be held for Nigerian woman Pamela Izevbekhai and her daughters today outside Leinster House in a bid to ask Justice Minister Dermot Ahern to allow them to stay in Ireland.

A NIGERIAN woman, who believes her two daughters are at risk of serious harm due to female genital mutilation (FGM) if the family is deported to Nigeria, has appealed to the High Court to prevent their deportation until their latest legal challenge has been determined.

The High Court has this evening frozen the deportation orders issued against Nigerian woman Pamela Izevbekhai and her two young daughters.

Campaigners fighting the deportation of a Nigerian mother of two said this afternoon that they believed the Minister for Justice had already rejected her appeal for protection.

Justice Minister Brian Lenihan is coming under pressure to prevent the imminent deportation of a Nigerian woman and her two daughters.

Nigerian national Pamela Izevbekhai has been told to report with her two daughters tomorrow to the centre for deportation.

A Nigerian woman and her two children are facing deportation to their homeland today after losing their legal battle to remain in Ireland.

A LENGTHY legal battle by a Nigerian woman to prevent the deportation of herself and her two daughters on grounds of fear of female genital mutilation in Nigeria ended in failure at the High Court yesterday when it upheld the deportation orders.

A Nigerian woman who fears her two daughters will be circumcised if deported to Nigeria must be allowed to stay in Ireland, it was claimed tonight.