Photograph: Sam Boal/Collins PhotosEfforts to deport convicted criminals from the Republic have been ramped up in recent months, with a record number of those in Irish prisons now also having exclusion orders imposed. That compares with 24 exclusion orders imposed on EU citizens last year and 19 in 2023. Of the people covered by those 99 exclusion orders imposed to mid-October, some 45 have already been removed, including 22 on commercial flights and 23 on a charter flight, to Romania, the week before last. [ About 500 people subject to deportation orders living in international protection facilitiesOpens in new window ][ Explainer: What is the purpose of deportation flights out of Ireland? Having come to Ireland in 2019, his application for international protection met a final rejection last year.
