About 100 Roma people who had been camping on a busy motorway roundabout in Dublin for several weeks are expected to be deported to Romania this evening.
The last few members of the extended Rostas family were detained by members of the Garda National Immigration Bureau this afternoon, the Traveller support group Pavee Point said.
More than 60 people voluntarily went to an asylum seeker reception centre near Finglas yesterday to await their repatriation.
The remaining members of the group had said they would challenge a deportation order against them made last Saturday.
However, today, the remaining members of the group voluntarily left the site today and agreed to return home. They packed their belongings and left the camp with gardai from the immigration bureau this afternoon.
About 60 people were taken from their encampment on the roundabout on the Ballymun intersection of the M50 motorway
in a Garda operation that began at 5am yesterday. They were bused to a reception centre at Balseskin near Dublin airport, where they spent the night.
A smaller number of about 30 refused to leave the encampment. Efforts continued late last night to persuade them to join today's flight from Dublin to northern Romania.
Five people remained last night at a derelict house on the Swords Road. Gardaí were also in talks with them in an effort to encourage them to take places on the flight.
Two children linked to the group in the Swords Road house are still in care. They would most likely be returned by the HSE to their relatives if the family decides to return home.
Romania and Bulgaria joined the EU on January 1st. However, this State has placed restrictions on citizens of those countries working here and they must have special work permits.
None of those who had been camping on the roundabout in recent weeks had work permits.
Traveller support groups and human rights organisations said the situation was a humanitarian crisis and called on the Government to provide support for the Roma group.