Síle de Valera
Question:35 Miss de Valera asked the Minister for Justice the number of people living in the State who have been granted refugee status. [5424/97]
Vol. 475 No. 6
35 Miss de Valera asked the Minister for Justice the number of people living in the State who have been granted refugee status. [5424/97]
67 Mr. Lenihan asked the Minister for Justice the number of applications for refugee status which were processed, granted and refused in each of the years from 1994 to 1996; and the nationality of each applicant. [5450/97]
73 Miss de Valera asked the Minister for Justice the number of people granted refugee status in each of the years 1995 and 1996. [5423/97]
I propose to take Questions Nos. 35, 67 and 73 together.
There are no statistics kept of the number of people still living in the State who have been granted refugee status. The other information sought by the Deputies is set out in the following tabular statement.
Decisions* taken in respect of applications for refugee status
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
|
No. of applications made |
362 |
424 |
1,179 |
Granted refugee status |
4 |
14 |
33 |
Granted humanitarian leave to remain |
5 |
8 |
6 |
Refused status |
22 |
35 |
26 |