Nigerian miscarried then faced deportation

THE Irish Refugee Council (IRC) has called for an urgent review of the “inhumane” deportation process after a young mother was detained for deportation just hours after she suffered a miscarriage.

On Tuesday, Nigerian asylum seeker Olayinka Ijaware, who was 7½ weeks pregnant, was taken to the Rotunda Hospital from Dublin Airport where she awaiting deportation with several others.

After suffering a miscarriage, she was taken back into Garda custody and returned to Dublin Airport, where she was scheduled to be deported, along with several other Nigerian asylum seekers.