Nigerian mother to fight deportation in Europe

PAMELA IZEVBEKHAI will take her bid to stay in Ireland to the European Court of Human Rights after the Supreme Court yesterday dismissed her attempt to appeal her deportation.

Nigerian mother to fight deportation in Europe

Friends of the Nigerian mother of three said she was very upset by the ruling, while Amnesty International and the Residents Against Racism group criticised what they said were flaws in the asylum system.

Ms Izevbekhai, who has two children living with her in Ireland, nine-year-old Naomi and seven-year-old Jemima, now faces deportation back to Nigeria unless her case before the European Court of Human Rights is successful.

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