US deportation ranking up as Irish deportees increase

MORE Irish people have been deported from the United States in the past year, with the increase in numbers leading to a jump in our deportation ranking.

New figures provided by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office show that, in the year to the end of September 2009, a total of 117 Irish people were deported from America, an increase of 23 people compared with the previous 12 month period.

The rise in deportations has led to Ireland’s deportation ranking, based on the number of citizens expelled from the US, jumping from 65 out of 220 countries in 2008 to 53rd this year.