Gardaí have confrimed a Nigerian woman who was deported last night left the country without her Irish-born child.
Irish Refugee Council Chief executive Peter O'Mahony
A Garda spokesman said the woman chose to leave the child in the jurisdiction in the care of her partner.
The woman was reportedly in a distressed state while boarding the plane, which left Dublin airport early this morning with 28 failed asylum-seekers. It arrived in Lagos early this morning.
The 28, including several Irish-born children, were arrested at various locations throughout the country on Tuesday evening and were held at two detention centres in Dublin.
The Irish Refugee Council criticised the deportations adding the Government was "storing up trouble for the future" by deporting Irish-born children.
Chief executive Peter O'Mahony said: "It will come back to haunt them in the long term.
"In around 15 years' time, you will have an 18-year-old returning from Nigeria with an Irish passport, claiming to have suffered as a result of the deportation."
Last year, 1,174 people were recognised as refugees, while another 590 people were deported. A further 83 people were given leave to remain on humanitarian grounds.
Mr O'Mahony said most of the 60-70 people deported each month were put on individual flights rather than charter planes.
"Although this deportation is partly being done as a cost-saving exercise, it is also being done to keep the issue in the public eye," he said.
However, he added that gardaí appeared to have followed more of the council's guidelines on deportations, such as allowing people to contact a solicitor on their mobile phones. "There was some intention to be aware of high standards."
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties said the deportation of Irish-born children of asylum-seekers was an appalling policy.
Director Aisling Reidy said: "This has been a breach of the understanding given to us that there would be a review made of the situation following the constitutional referendum on citizenship."