Deportation deferred for autistic boy

AN autistic six-year-old boy was yesterday given an eleventh hour reprieve on a deportation order.

Along with his twin sister Melissa and mother Grace were expected to be sent to Nigeria on Monday.

But lawyers acting for the family confirmed the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) had agreed to defer the deportation order until July 19.

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