Cruelty of our deportation system raises many questions 

Deportation is legal but holding migrants with violent prisoners and withholding medication is not the correct way to do things
One family had every reason to believe that no removal would occur before a revocation decision issued. Instead, they were separated on a pavement outside the GNIB offices. File picture: Chani Anderson

One family had every reason to believe that no removal would occur before a revocation decision issued. Instead, they were separated on a pavement outside the GNIB offices. File picture: Chani Anderson

On February 28, 63 people were deported from Ireland to South Africa, nine of them children deported as part of their family units.

According to An Garda Síochána, ten of those deported had been convicted of offences in Ireland, including crimes targeted under operations against sex offenders and drug trafficking, as well as road traffic offences.

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