The flight departed Dublin Airport at 5:05pm and landed in Johannesburg this morning at 4am at a cost of €585,075A total of 63 people, including nine children, were deported to South Africa on a charter flight yesterday evening, according to the Department of Justice. The department said 54 adults were on board, and that each child on the flight belonged to family units. The flight departed Dublin Airport at 5:05pm and landed in Johannesburg this morning at 4am Irish time at a cost of €585,075. This latest deportation order is the second such operation of the year and the eighth since the recommencement of charter flights to effect removals and deportation orders in 2025. Deportation orders increased by 96pc last year compared to 2024, with 4,700 deportation orders executed.

Source: Irish Independent March 01, 2026 13:25 UTC