Nigerian family stay on in shut facility

A NIGERIAN family fighting deportation have been granted permission to stay in an accommodation centre for asylum seekers which officially closed down yesterday.

Nigerian family stay on in shut facility
Fri, 09 Jun, 2006 - 01:00
Eoin English

From today, Olivia Agbonlahor, 36, and her twins Great and Melissa, will be the only occupants of the 140-bedroom Clonakilty Lodge, an accommodation centre for asylum seekers in Co Cork. The family is awaiting a High Court decision on their case.

The court reserved judgement in February after Ms Agbonlahor sought leave to legally challenge the deportation order of herself and her two Italian-born children.

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