The applicants were issued with deportation orders which they sought to challenge on the basis that the orders did not state the country to which they were to be deported.
The High Court rejected the application but certified the applicants’ appeal to the Supreme Court as it found the matter to be a point of law of exceptional public importance in the public interest. The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal finding that S.I No. 103/2002 (the Immigration Act (1999) (Deportation) Regulations 2002) served their prescribed purpose and that while an applicant was entitled to know the country to which he was to be deported, there was nothing requiring an applicant to be notified of the country at the point in time at which the deportation order is made.
