Ireland: Stop unlawful ICE removal flights through Shannon Airport

Human Rights Groups Demand Ireland Stop Letting Trump Use Airport for 'Unlawful' ICE Flights

A pair of human rights groups called on Thursday for the Irish government to stop letting the administration of US President Donald Trump use Shannon Airport as a refueling stop for Immigration and Customs Enforcement's deportation flights.

Ireland: Stop unlawful ICE removal flights through Shannon Airport

Today Amnesty International Ireland and Human Rights First published their joint letter to the Irish Ministers for Transport and Foreign Affairs and Trade urging an end to the U.S. administration’s use of Shannon Airport as a refuelling stopover for unlawful removal flights by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).  The organizations called on the Irish Government to refuse to facilitate in any way the Trump administration’s violations …