Deportation Orders this Rear Double Number of Departures of Failed Asylum Seekers, Figures Show - 09/12/2025

There have been more than double the number of deportation orders signed this year than confirmed departures from the State by failed asylum seekers.Junior immigration minister Colm Brophy has also confirmed just 28 of 267 people detained in prison before being deported from the State had criminal convictions.The details were provided in response to a parliamentary question from Fianna Fáil’s Cork North-Central TD Pádraig O’Sullivan, who questioned where those who had been detained were held.In response, Mr Brophy confirmed 344 people had been the subject of an “enforced deportation”.We wre joined on The Agenda this morning by CEO of Doras, John Lannon, who gave us his thoughts on this. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.