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Thu 03 Mar 2010Wife accuses Minister over deportation of husband
THE IRISH wife of a Nigerian asylum seeker has accused Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern of “not praying to the same God” as she does following the deportation of her husband yesterday.
Gillian Olabode, who lives in Athlone, Co Westmeath, said current immigration rules were patently unfair because spouses of Irish citizens from outside the EU were being targeted for deportation, while the spouses of other EU nationals could not be deported.
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