Fear and confusion
The man protested, and eventually, one of the regular security guards arrived, confirming to Immigration Officers that he was not the person named on their deportation order.
Last December the Irish Refugee Council strongly condemned the “degrading” way in which deportations are routinely carried out in Ireland after it emerged that a group of 34 Nigerians were badly mistreated by immigration officers aboard a chartered deportation flight from Dublin to Lagos. In the days following the scandal a coalition of migrant rights NGOs demonstrated outside Leinster House, demanded that unsuccessful asylum applicants be allowed to “leave in a more dignified manner”.
