Richard Boyd Barrett asked 'what is the good, or where is the humanity, in deporting this man?'. Photograph: Sam Boal/Collins Photos
“Absolutely cruel” deportation orders for people settled in Ireland for years are the result of the Government bending to far-right groups “screaming for mass deportations”, the Dáil has heard.
People Before Profit (PBP) TD Richard Boyd Barrett on Wednesday highlighted the case of Bilal Butt who has lived in Ireland for 19 years but was imprisoned for 50 days pending deportation.
Describing him as a “lovely man”, the
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