Failed asylum seeker’s airport abandonment claim adjourned

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A failed asylum seeker’s High Court judicial review over claims gardaí abandoned him at an Ethiopian airport was adjourned on 24 September 2020. The man cannot be named for legal reasons, and the proceedings concern whether the Minister unlawfully required his solicitor to provide signed authority.

The Gardaí dispute his account, saying they provided his passport, boarding pass and possessions before he missed a connecting flight. The case was adjourned to allow the man and his lawyers to consider and reply to a Garda affidavit; he also seeks orders quashing the authority requirement and directing a response to correspondence.