The operation involved identifying and locating convicted sex offenders of interest to GNIB for consideration for an EU Removal Order or deportation. 

Members of the public have expressed concern about the cost of deportation flights in correspondence to Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan

So far this year 99 EU citizens have been removed from Ireland compared to 24 in 2024.

Of the 35 people removed by charter flight to Nigeria on June 4th, 21 were adult male, nine were adult female and five were children who travelled as part of two family units.

The latest figures show that 1,040 asylum seekers were returned from the Republic to somewhere outside the EU last year

In a briefing document for Minister for Justice Helen McEntee, the Department of Justice said only one out of every four cases selected for deportation is likely to be successful