Near the beginning of the pandemic, the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organization reported that Ireland had the highest rate of Covid-19 infection among healthcare workers anywhere in Europe. Ireland's Department of Justice told CNN in a statement that it was not their policy to comment on specific immigration cases. She said she had been left heartbroken, her memories of Ireland's public show of solidarity for healthcare workers earlier in the pandemic now faded and tarnished. That information hasn't yet been made available, but the fact that at least two healthcare workers have been threatened with deportation in the middle of a second national lockdown is a concern to migrant rights groups. Last week, in an impassioned speech, Senator Eileen Flynn said it was "absolutely ridiculous" that healthcare workers were facing deportation, in the middle of a pandemic.

Source: CNN November 15, 2020 07:52 UTC