Concerns grow over human rights breaches as Ireland ramps up deportations

Congolese security forces on the streets of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. A human rights activist whose father had been murdered disappeared from the airport after gardaí handed him over to immigration officials in DRC six weeks ago. Picture: Samy Ntumba Shambuyi/AP

Fears are rising that a hardening of the State’s refugee policy may be leading to breaches of human rights.

One human rights activist disappeared from the airport when he was returned to his home country, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), from Ireland in recent weeks.