FG vows to deport immigrants convicted of serious crimes

NON-NATIONALS convicted of serious crime or sentenced to five or more years in jail would be deported under a new Fine Gael immigrant policy announced yesterday.

Party leader Enda Kenny said initiatives were needed before Ireland committed the same mistakes other countries made by neglecting immigrants. He pledged to appoint a minister for immigrant affairs, if Fine Gael seized power in the upcoming election.

Outlining his vision to the party’s 88 election candidates at Clontarf Castle, Dublin, Mr Kenny said: “It’s important to send out a message internationally that this country is not a soft country for criminals.”