Passengers on a deportation flight to Pakistan were offered pork sausages as part of a fry-up despite the jet's destination to a Muslim-majority country. The slip-up happened on the journey fromDublinto Islamabad on September 23.
It came to light in ahuman rightsreport which said gardaí complained about the quality of the food on board and including bangers made of pork was "inappropriate". Islam forbids the eating of pork or pork by-products as it is viewed as impure.
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Halal food is believed to have been on offer on the flight, though this was reportedly not made specific in a brief.
A human rights monitor was on the flight along with a doctor, interpreter and gardaí, according toThe Irish Times, which obtained a series of monitoring reports from the Department of Justice.
The "overall" operations were carried out in a humane way and with respect for the "rights and dignity" of the 24 men being deported, according to reports cited by the same publication.
Ireland's first chartered deportation flight to Pakistan cost £410,000 (473,000 euros).
It formed part of efforts to crack down on illegal immigration to the Republic.
There have also been chartered deportation flights to Georgia, Nigeria and Romania, with some 205 people removed at a cost of £865,000 (1 million euros), according to Ireland's Department of Justice.
Source: Daily Express :: World Feed
