Immigrant support group Nasc fears profiling at Cork Airport

Irish immigrant support group Nasc has raised concerns about possible ethnic profiling after reports of a doubling in the number of Muslims refused entry at an Irish airport.
Immigrant support group Nasc fears profiling at Cork Airport

Nasc says it is extremely concerned that, in the absence of a specific threat, increasing numbers of Muslims have been refused leave to enter Cork Airport.

Nasc director Fiona Finn was reacting to the release by the Gardaí of figures at a Joint Policing Committee meeting in Cork on Monday which showed that 40 people who had arrived at Cork Airport on foreign flights were refused entry in the past two months. The figure compares to about 12 each month in the previous year.

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