I should summarise the background of the family concerned since their arrival in the State. The person to whom the Deputy refers and her two children, arrived in the State on 6 February, 2000. The mother of the family concerned completed an asylum application on 7 February 2000. Her application was treated as one which also covered her two children. She received an interview and her case was considered by appropriately trained staff of the refugee applications commissioner. The commissioner recommended that her application should be refused on 29 June 2001. She appealed this refusal. She had the benefit of an oral hearing and engaged her own legal representation at that hearing which was conducted by a member of the refugee appeals tribunal, appointed as an independent authority to consider such appeals. The tribunal recommended that her appeal should be rejected on 10 January 2002. All of the refugee determination processes have been fully documented and are on file.
Her asylum application was finally refused on 28 February, 2002. In the notice of this refusal, the person concerned was given three options as required under the Immigration Act, 1999. These were, to make representations in writing as to why she should be allowed to remain in the State, to leave the State before a deportation order was made and to consent to the making of a deportation order. The person concerned made representations under section 3 of the Immigration Act, 1999, which were submitted to me by solicitors acting on her behalf.
I am not a further point of appeal against refusal of refugee status. My specific role is clearly set out in section 3 of the Immigration Act, 1999. I considered all the circumstances in this case with reference to the criteria specified in section 3 (6) of the Immigration Act, 1999, which includes the family and domestic circumstances and humanitarian considerations. I also considered the matter of refoulement in accordance with section 5 of the Refugee Act, 1996. I made deportation orders in respect of each of the family members on 2 July 2002 and am satisfied that this was the correct decision.