A total of 38 asylum seekers were arrested this week in a planned deportation operation in Dublin. One operation removed 23 EU citizens on grounds of criminality. “A deportation order is a legal order to leave the State,” the Department of Justice said in a statement. Madeleine said she is worried that the deportation order may preclude her from claiming asylum in the US or attaining a visa elsewhere. But please remove the deportation order so I can claim asylum somewhere else," she said.

Source: Irish Examiner February 14, 2026 16:30 UTC