Deportation orders surge as 38 detained in Dublin immigration crackdown

Some 23 males and 15 females were arrested after they went to sign on to notify the State of their whereabouts, as requested, at the Garda National Immigration Bureau. Picture: Garda Press Office

A total of 38 asylum seekers were arrested this week in a planned deportation operation in Dublin.

Twenty-three males and 15 females were arrested after they went to sign on to notify the State of their whereabouts, as requested, at the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB).