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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent; photographs by Clodagh Kilcoyne

This comedian jokes about deportation from Ireland … but it is happening for real

Jaishree Malik bounds on to the Cheeky Monkey comedy club stage and brandishes an envelope – it is a letter from the Irish government. Would the audience like to hear what’s in the letter?

“Yeah,” the first rows reply. She repeats the question, prompting a louder response. “Yeah!”

Malik extracts typed A4 pages and begins to read. “I wish to advise you that under section 3 of the immigration act 1999, the minister for justice, home affairs and migration is proposing to make a deportation order in your case.”

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