A man who had 19 convictions for sexual and other offences has been deported to Congo.
Chico Makamda, who was at one point believed to be from Angola, was removed from the state by Gardaí attached to the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) with the assistance of the Department of Justice.
The Kilkenny People reported that Makamda was “was serving a custodial sentence in the Midlands Prison for Failing to Notify a Change in Details in contravention of the Sex Offenders Act 2001, and has nineteen (19) recorded previous convictions in the state for numerous sexual offences, false imprisonment and theft.”
In a statement Detective Chief Superintendent Aidan Minnock, Head of the Garda National Immigration Bureau said:
“The deportation of Chico Makamda is the culmination of a number of weeks of work by GNIB Officers, who have been working closely with the Department of Justice and officials from Democratic Republic of Congo to ensure this deportation worked seamlessly from Ireland to Doha, and then onto Democratic Republic of Congo.”
Minnock described this operation as “an example of how the Irish rules based immigration system works to ensure high risk persons are prioritised, and effective action taken to ensure the people of Ireland are kept safe from recidivist offenders.”
He added that, “Work like this is ongoing every day to ensure Ireland is a safe place to live, and I would like to acknowledge all the good work by the Team in GNIB and the support we received from the Department of Justice in securing Chico Makamda deportation, and delivering this successful operation.”
As Gript previously reported Makamda had been the subject of deportation orders but failed to remove himself from the State.
Ben Scallan reported in April 2022 that Makamda, who was serving time for crimes including physically assaulting multiple women, sexual assault, false imprisonment, exposing himself to teenage girls, masturbating in public, robbery and more had been released from prison early.
He was sentenced to 7 and a half years by Judge Melanie Greally, the final 2 and a half years were suspended on the condition that he leave the country voluntarily within 14 days of his release, that date being the 27th of January.
Having failed to comply with a deportation order Makanda also went on to breach his conditions of release. While he was wanted by Gardaí, Gript reporters located Makamda in Dublin two months after he was supposed to have self deported.
Gript questioned Minister for Justice Helen McEntee about the policy of allowing migrants to self deport.