Refugees fight to halt deportation

LAWYERS acting on behalf of the two families at the centre of the recent baby loophole Supreme Court ruling were last night urgently seeking a High Court injunction to prevent the families being deported this morning.

The Lobe family from the Czech Republic, who are living in Balineen, Co Cork, and Galway-based Nigerian Andrew Osayande were due to be deported this morning.

The Lobes were last night at home awaiting deportation from Cork Airport while Mr Osayande was arrested in Galway yesterday and detained in Dublin’s Clover Hill prison pending deportation from Dublin Airport.