No fewer than 35 Nigerians have been deported from the Republic of Ireland.
The deportees included five children.
They landed in Nigeria in a chartered flight that left the Dublin Airport on Wednesday night.
The Irish Mirror reports that the number is made up of 21 men, nine women, and five children.
They landed in Nigeria on Thursday.
Irish Minister for Justice, Jim O’Callaghan, said he was “happy to say” that all of them have returned to Nigeria despite an unscheduled stopover due to a medical incident on board.
Although the Irish government did not give a specific reason for the deportation of the Nigerian nationals, O’Callaghan explained that, “Ireland has a rules-based immigration system.
“It is important that those rules are robust and enforced.”
