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Irish immigration officers flew back business class
By EUobserver
Irish immigration officers flew business class flights when returning from deporting illegal immigrants, a Freedom of Information query has revealed, the Irish Times reported. There were 860 "repatriation" flights booked last year, most of them on economy class, while the bill totalled €164,865 for business class flights. The Irish state can recoup 75 percent of the cost of the flights from the EU Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund.