Just four people have been deported from the State since the coronavirus pandemic began but about 500 deportation orders have been issued, latest figures show. The issuing of such orders stopped from April to July but recommenced in August. The Department of Justice said in a statement at the weekend that it was “not possible to predict how many deportation orders might be made in any given year”. Of the total, 200 deportation orders were issued in March, but none for the following four months from April to July. Since the start of the pandemic, the largest number of orders was issued to individuals from Pakistan (105), followed by Brazil (54), Albania (49) and Georgia (39).

Source: The Irish Times December 06, 2020 18:33 UTC