Many foreigners were returned to their countries of origin from Ireland due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic .
The virus prompted the `` biggest repatriation ever in the history of the State '' , according to Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Simon Coveney , involving the rescue of citizens stranded in such foreign lands as Australia , New Zealand , India , South Africa and Vietnam.  On 22 March , Coveney announced the planned repatriation , by charter flight , of Irish citizens from Peru .
2020 coronavirus pandemic in the Republic of Ireland