https://www.gbnews.com/news/muslim-passengers-pork-sausages-deportation-flight
Muslim passengers being deported from Ireland to Pakistan were insensitively served pork sausages as part of a breakfast during their chartered flight.
A Government-appointed human rights monitor branded the meal choice “inappropriate” aboard the journey from Dublin to Islamabad transporting 24 men to the Muslim-majority nation.
The monitor’s assessment noted “the quality of food was a low standard” and criticised the decision to include pork products for individuals travelling to an Islamic country – naturally defying the dietary practices of the religion.
Before the flight – which cost Irish taxpayers €473,000 – the men were detained overnight across three separate prisons, with two individuals classified as high-risk due to their criminal histories.
Despite the food controversy and other issues, the human rights monitor concluded the “overall” operation had been carried out humanely, with appropriate respect shown for the “rights and dignity of the returnees”.
Pork sausages were served to men being deported to Pakistan as part of a full Irish breakfast despite the country’s Muslim-majority population, a human rights monitoring report has revealed.
The catering blunder took place on Ireland’s first chartered deportation flight to Pakistan, which removed 24 men from Dublin to Islamabad on September 23 last year.
A monitor appointed by Ireland’s Department of Justice said gardaí complained that the food served on board was ‘of a lower standard than expected’ and that including pork sausages in a ‘full Irish breakfast’ was ‘inappropriate’.
It could only have been funnier if Rowan Atkinson was the Air Steward.