Australian job interviewee arrested and deported

Caroline O’Doherty

Australian job interviewee arrested and deported
Thu, 05 May, 2005 - 01:00

John Meawad, 30, never even got to meet his prospective employer, Waterford man Akram Hanna, who was very keen to sign him up for the E70,000 a year post.

“I feel I should go over to him on my knees and say ‘I’m sorry for what happened but please believe me, Ireland is not like this’,” Mr Hanna said.

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