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flag Ireland spent €474,000 to deport 24 failed asylum seekers to Pakistan, with 79 officers aboard, in a high-cost operation.

flag A September deportation flight from Ireland to Pakistan, part of Operation Toboggan, cost €474,000 and carried 24 failed asylum seekers on a nearly half-empty Airbus A330, with 79 Garda officers aboard—more than three times the number of deportees. flag The flight included medical staff, a translator, and a human rights monitor. flag One deportee had a serious UK criminal conviction, three had minor offenses, and most had lived in Ireland for about nine years. flag The average cost per person was €20,000. flag A separate October operation removed 23 Romanian nationals with criminal records under EU rules, costing nearly €70,000 and involving 80 officers. flag The Department of Justice said such operations are essential for a rules-based system and that staffing is based on risk assessments.

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