The Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan has revoked a deportation order for a woman whose 9-year-old Irish born son died recently from severe sickle cell disease after a long battle over deportation. The woman, from Nigeria, will also be permitted move to a direct provision centre closer to the grave of her son, who died last July. The Department of Justice informed the woman in recent days of the revocation of a deportation order made in 2011, Brian Burns, solicitor for the woman, confirmed to The Irish Times. The woman had opposed deportation for reasons including her concerns about her son’s health. She said she evaded deportation for some years after a deportation order was made in 2011 and resorted to prostitution for a time to fund his medication costs.

Source: The Irish Times September 07, 2018 10:18 UTC