Neighbours, friends and members of the community in Ballindangan have rallied around a local family, after an attempt to deport them was halted in Amsterdam, leaving the parents and their four young children in emergency accommodation in Macroom.
Edmar Junior de Mota, his wife Christiane and their four children, were escorted during the early hours of last Friday, October 30th, and placed on a flight from Cork Airport. Their deportation could not proceed beyond Amsterdam because of an issue with their travel documentation, according to supporters. The family was subsequently returned to Cork and is now understood to be staying in an IPAS centre based in Macroom.
Members of the Ballindangan community and beyond are seeking a review of the family’s circumstances and what they describe as a safe, humanitarian resolution.
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