Discrepancy in number of deportations

IN the context of the recent brouhaha over Nigerian deportations, your readers might like to reflect on the following:

Nigerians have, for some years, constituted around 40% of asylum applications and one might reasonably expect them to constitute about 40% of deportations.

Instead, over the past few years they have constituted under 10% of them. Over a three-year period, the numbers were 46, 22 and 77.

Is the State implementing a policy of positive discrimination and if so, does this have the support of the public? If not, would the department or the Garda National Immigration Bureau explain the discrepancy.

Aine Ni Chonaill

PRO

Immigration Control Platform

PO Box 6469

Dublin 2