Department of Justice pays over €150k for four flights to deport failed asylum seekers

The Department of Justice last year paid two airlines over €150,000 to deport Africa-bound failed asylum seekers on four flights out of Dublin.

According to published documentation, the department paid Kildare-based DSV Air and Sea Ltd and Air Partners plc a total of €154,573 for the four chartered flights out of Dublin to European cities.

The department did not disclose the total number of deportees on all flights or the number of deportees per flight.