Jim O’Callaghan said if people disobey deportation orders ‘we politely and peacefully force them to leave’.

In a statement An Garda Síochána said the 31 men and two women ranged in age from their early 20s to their early 60s

In response to a parliamentary question last week, Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan said it was a 'central priority' that Ireland’s immigration system is 'robust and rules-based'.

Donna Hughes-Brown was detained for five months under Immigration and Customs Enforcement rules.

The International Protection Office said the higher number of negative decisions and deportations would inevitably lead to a surge in judicial reviews.

Donna Hughes-Brown, a 58-year-old US green card holder, has been a permanent resident in the US since she was 11

Most deportees had no serious convictions; families and children among those removed

Internal notes from the Department of Justice show that the deportation operation in September cost €474,000 and involved only 24 failed asylum seekers.

All individuals were removed on a chartered flight which left Dublin Airport on Monday evening for Georgia.

Jim O'Callaghan said that the 201 who have received deportation orders include 37 minors.

They worked closely with the Department of Justice to identify, target and remove illegally resident Brazilians Nationals from the State, either on a voluntary return basis or by enforcement of a deportation order.

Thirty five people, including five children, were deported on a flight from Dublin to Lagos, Nigeria on Wednesday night

Five children and nine women were among 35 people deported from Ireland to Nigeria on Wednesday night.

The children were all part of family groups, gardaí said.

The International Solidarity Movement said Deirdre ‘D’ Murphy is being detained.

The Justice Minister confirmed they had been sent back to Georgia after receiving, but failing to comply with, deportation orders.

There were just over 3,000 international protection applications between January and March of this year

The department said expenditure was sometimes necessary for executive seats when a deportation officer was immediately returning to Ireland from a long-haul flight without staying at the destination

Jim O’Callaghan said the flight has landed and the people are ‘back safely in Georgia’.

The man (30s) said the Government failed to consider his 'unique skills and integral contribution' to an Irish windows and doors company

In a briefing, the minister was told so-called voluntary returns offered a “positive experience for both the state and the person being removed” as an alternative to deportation.

The head of Immigration at human rights law firm KOD Lyons has spoken of “the logistical nightmare of enforcing deportation orders"

A child’s constitutional rights were not properly considered by the Minister for Justice when she ordered for the father’s deportation following his assault conviction, the Supreme Court has ruled

Deportation flights from Ireland could begin "by the end of the year" according to the Department of Justice

Mr Justice Anthony Barr said the decision maker at the International Protection Appeals Tribunal (IPAT) found the man was “subjectively credible” but his fears of persecution were “objectively unfounded”

The man claimed the move would interfere with the constitutional rights of his three children who lawfully reside here