The European Court of Human Rights has ruled the rights of a Sligo-based asylum seeker have not been violated by the Government.
Pamela Izevbekhai argued her two daughters would be subjected to female genital mutilation if returned to Nigeria but the documentation she used to support her case was found to be fake.
The court found Ms Izevbekhai and her husband were financially and socially privileged in Nigeria with a villa, three cars and house help and they could protect their children.
Ms Izevbekhai would not comment on her case when contacted in Sligo.
The Department of Justice has confirmed it received the European Court of Human Rights judgement in her case in recent days.
In a statement, the Minister said his officials are preparing a report for him on this and its consequences for the individual in question. He said he would not be making further comment until he received it.
Ms Izevbekhai arrived in Ireland with her daughters, Naomi and Jemima, using false passports in January 2005.
She claimed she had a daughter, Elizabeth, in 1993 who was subjected to female genital mutilation and died as a result of complications.
Ms Izevbekhai went through the normal asylum process, which found there was no concrete foundation for her concerns. She then began pursuing her case through the courts.
Deportation orders were signed in 2005, but she went into hiding to avoid arrest and her daughters were taken into care.
She was later arrested but released and given leave to apply for a judicial review.
The following year the then minister for justice went to the Supreme Court with evidence that documents submitted by Ms Izevbekhai relating to her daughter Elizabeth were forgeries.
She later admitted this was true but said her husband had sourced them, she submitted further documentation but most of these were also found to be fake.
Ms Izevbekhai’s final appeal was to the European Court of Human Rights.
Minister for Justice Alan Shatter has said that the deportation order signed by the former minister Michael McDowell in relation to Ms Izevbekhai in November 2005, remains in force.
Mr Shatter is waiting to receive a report from his officials further to the judgement but a statement this afternoon said his department 'has noted the striking language therein which unequivocally rejects the application'.
