Written Answers. - Asylum Applications.
Richard Bruton
Question:
339
Mr. R. Bruton
asked the
Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform
the number of asylum seekers whose application was rejected by the RAC and have been allowed to stay here on the basis of being a parent to an Irish born child.
[26347/02]
For the period 1996 to 2001 a total of 4,853 persons were granted leave to remain on the basis of an Irish born child. From 1 January to 30 November 2002 a total of 2,879 persons have been granted leave to remain on the basis of an Irish born child. The above figures represent current or former asylum seekers.
Richard Bruton
Question:
340
Mr. R. Bruton
asked the
Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform
the breakdown by nationality of the number of asylum seekers granted and rejected refugee status in 2001 and 2002 by the RAC; and the same details for the RAT.
[26348/02]
A breakdown of recommendations to grant and refuse refugee status at first instance made by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner for 2001 and 2002 – to end of November – is contained in tables 1 and 2. The decisions affirmed or set aside at appeal stage by the Refugee Appeals Tribunal for 2001 and 2002 – to end of November – are contained in tables 3 and 4. Totals for nationalities in respect of which there were less than ten positive or negative decisions/recommendations are shown under the heading "others".
Table 1 – Breakdown by Nationality of Recommendations to Grant a Declaration of Refugee Status for 2001 and 2002 (30/11/02)
Country of Origin
|
2001
|
2002
|
Albania
|
|
14
|
Angola
|
44
|
50
|
Cameroon
|
10
|
31
|
Congo
|
14
|
11
|
Croatia
|
14
|
29
|
Czech Republic
|
11
|
|
DR of Congo/Zaire
|
50
|
125
|
Iran
|
|
10
|
Iraq
|
35
|
42
|
Kazakhstan
|
12
|
|
Kenya
|
|
11
|
Kosovo
|
47
|
29
|
Liberia
|
|
10
|
Nigeria
|
27
|
30
|
Pakistan
|
|
35
|
Palestine
|
|
19
|
Russia
|
12
|
25
|
Rwanda
|
|
14
|
Sierra Leone
|
19
|
12
|
Slovak
|
|
10
|
Somalia
|
34
|
33
|
Sudan
|
|
11
|
Togo
|
11
|
14
|
Zimbabwe
|
|
153
|
Others
|
118
|
142
|
Total
|
458
|
860
|
Table 2 – Breakdown by Nationality of Recommendations to Refuse a Declaration of Refugee Status for 2001 & 2002 (30/11/02)
Country of Origin
|
2001
|
2002
|
Afghanistan
|
11
|
15
|
Albania
|
44
|
115
|
Algeria
|
323
|
163
|
Angola
|
125
|
144
|
Armenia
|
22
|
|
Azerbaijan
|
11
|
|
Belarus
|
43
|
67
|
Bulgaria
|
90
|
57
|
Burundi
|
14
|
15
|
Cameroon
|
33
|
112
|
China
|
|
28
|
Congo
|
15
|
15
|
Croatia
|
45
|
237
|
Czech Republic
|
135
|
146
|
DR of Congo/Zaire
|
185
|
229
|
Egypt
|
|
31
|
Estonia
|
11
|
54
|
Gambia
|
|
35
|
Georgia
|
37
|
110
|
Ghana
|
41
|
111
|
Country of Origin
|
2001
|
2002
|
India
|
12
|
|
Iran
|
|
18
|
Iraq
|
50
|
35
|
Israel
|
|
45
|
Ivory Coast
|
36
|
61
|
Kazakhstan
|
21
|
71
|
Kenya
|
40
|
32
|
Kosovo
|
224
|
91
|
Latvia
|
42
|
36
|
Lebanon
|
|
19
|
Liberia
|
10
|
18
|
Libya
|
24
|
45
|
Lithuania
|
55
|
119
|
Macedonia
|
|
29
|
Moldova
|
277
|
374
|
Nigeria
|
1,631
|
1,836
|
Pakistan
|
40
|
|
Palestine
|
13
|
88
|
Panama
|
|
15
|
Poland
|
204
|
267
|
Romania
|
1,709
|
889
|
Country of Origin
|
2001
|
2002
|
Russia
|
233
|
221
|
Rwanda
|
16
|
1
|
Serbia
|
|
44
|
Sierra Leone
|
123
|
176
|
Slovakia
|
23
|
26
|
Somalia
|
97
|
46
|
South Africa
|
78
|
166
|
Sri Lanka
|
28
|
11
|
Stateless
|
|
29
|
Sudan
|
28
|
27
|
Togo
|
11
|
14
|
Turkey
|
12
|
14
|
Uganda
|
|
13
|
Ukraine
|
134
|
202
|
Uzbekistan
|
|
39
|
Yugoslavia
|
|
26
|
Zimbabwe
|
14
|
162
|
Others
|
131
|
125
|
Total
|
6,501
|
7,128
|
Total number of Refusals including Manifestly Unfounded after interview and Recommendation under S11(9)
Table 3 – Outcome of Substantive Appeals by Nationality for 2001 and 2002 (30/11)
Nationality
|
2001
|
Set-aside
|
Affirmed
|
Total
|
2002
|
Set-aside
|
Affirmed
|
Total
|
Albania
|
6
|
4
|
10
|
13
|
27
|
40
|
|
|
Algeria
|
31
|
103
|
134
|
52
|
143
|
195
|
|
|
Angola
|
42
|
37
|
79
|
76
|
64
|
140
|
|
|
Armenia
|
5
|
5
|
10
|
8
|
4
|
12
|
|
|
Belarus
|
4
|
17
|
21
|
17
|
18
|
35
|
|
|
Bulgaria
|
13
|
38
|
51
|
10
|
52
|
62
|
|
|
Burundi
|
|
|
|
2
|
9
|
11
|
|
|
Cameroon
|
7
|
3
|
10
|
12
|
41
|
53
|
|
|
Congo
|
5
|
14
|
19
|
1
|
12
|
13
|
|
|
Croatia
|
|
|
|
48
|
66
|
114
|
|
|
Czech Republic
|
15
|
42
|
57
|
41
|
92
|
133
|
|
|
DR Congo
|
44
|
70
|
114
|
64
|
103
|
167
|
|
|
Egypt
|
|
16
|
16
|
11
|
4
|
15
|
|
|
Estonia
|
|
|
|
0
|
19
|
19
|
|
|
Gambia
|
|
|
|
2
|
12
|
14
|
|
|
Georgia
|
|
|
|
14
|
37
|
51
|
|
|
Ghana
|
|
|
|
5
|
42
|
47
|
|
|
Iran
|
|
|
|
6
|
7
|
13
|
|
|
Iraq
|
22
|
14
|
36
|
19
|
19
|
38
|
|
|
Ivory Coast
|
2
|
12
|
14
|
6
|
23
|
29
|
|
|
Kazakhstan
|
|
|
|
9
|
18
|
27
|
|
|
Kenya
|
2
|
8
|
10
|
8
|
12
|
20
|
|
|
Kosovo
|
33
|
86
|
119
|
30
|
101
|
131
|
|
|
Latvia
|
|
11
|
11
|
6
|
29
|
35
|
|
|
Libya
|
32
|
27
|
59
|
11
|
11
|
22
|
|
|
Lithuania
|
|
|
|
5
|
50
|
55
|
|
|
Moldova
|
14
|
61
|
75
|
52
|
152
|
204
|
|
|
Nigeria
|
44
|
299
|
343
|
120
|
1,001
|
1,121
|
|
|
Pakistan
|
3
|
21
|
24
|
8
|
39
|
47
|
|
|
Poland
|
7
|
26
|
33
|
30
|
95
|
125
|
|
|
Romania
|
45
|
288
|
333
|
109
|
520
|
629
|
|
|
Russia
|
17
|
35
|
52
|
65
|
122
|
187
|
|
|
Rwanda
|
5
|
8
|
13
|
6
|
10
|
16
|
|
|
Serbia
|
|
|
|
3
|
12
|
15
|
|
|
Sierra Leone
|
8
|
34
|
42
|
21
|
85
|
106
|
|
|
Slovakia
|
|
|
|
8
|
6
|
14
|
|
|
Somalia
|
20
|
33
|
53
|
19
|
17
|
36
|
|
|
South Africa
|
|
13
|
13
|
11
|
85
|
96
|
|
|
Sudan
|
3
|
20
|
23
|
5
|
9
|
14
|
|
|
Tajikistan
|
5
|
8
|
13
|
|
|
|
|
|
Togo
|
|
|
|
5
|
5
|
10
|
|
|
Turkey
|
|
|
|
4
|
8
|
12
|
|
|
Uganda
|
|
|
|
11
|
2
|
13
|
|
|
Ukraine
|
12
|
30
|
42
|
32
|
72
|
104
|
|
|
Uzbekistan
|
|
|
|
5
|
15
|
20
|
|
|
Zimbabwe
|
|
|
|
10
|
23
|
33
|
|
|
Others
|
33
|
80
|
113
|
32
|
74
|
106
|
|
|
Total
|
479
|
1,463
|
1,942
|
1,032
|
3,367
|
4,399
|
|
|
Table 4 – Outcome of Manifestly Unfounded Appeals by Nationality for 2001 and 2002 (30/11)
Nationality
|
2001
|
Set-aside
|
Affirmed
|
Total
|
2002
|
Set-aside
|
Affirmed
|
Total
|
Algeria
|
11
|
11
|
22
|
|
|
|
|
|
Belarus
|
2
|
9
|
11
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bulgaria
|
3
|
14
|
17
|
|
|
|
|
|
Czech Republic
|
16
|
20
|
36
|
1
|
15
|
16
|
|
|
Kosovo
|
4
|
7
|
11
|
|
|
|
|
|
Moldova
|
20
|
23
|
43
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nigeria
|
48
|
149
|
197
|
16
|
17
|
33
|
|
|
Poland
|
7
|
30
|
37
|
|
|
|
|
|
Romania
|
36
|
188
|
224
|
9
|
31
|
40
|
|
|
Russia
|
10
|
8
|
18
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sierra Leone
|
1
|
11
|
12
|
|
|
|
|
|
South Africa
|
2
|
19
|
21
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ukraine
|
1
|
9
|
10
|
|
|
|
|
|
Others
|
14
|
50
|
64
|
22
|
17
|
39
|
|
|
Total
|
175
|
548
|
723
|
48
|
80
|
128
|
|
|
Richard Bruton
Question:
341
Mr. R. Bruton
asked the
Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform
the breakdown by nationality of the number of asylum seekers against whom deportation orders were signed in 2001 and 2002 and against whom deportation orders were effected in 2001 and 2002.
[26349/02]
I am taking it that the Deputy is referring to the number of refused asylum seekers against whom deportation order were made as asylum seekers have a temporary right of residency in the State while their asylum applications are being considered.
A total of 1,854 deportation orders were signed in 2001 in respect of refused asylum seekers as follows: 18 Albanians, 21 Algerians, five Angolans, six Armenians, two Azerbaijani, one Bangladeshi, 19 Belarussians, two Bosnians, 40 Bulgarians, two Burundians, eight Cameroonians, one Chad, two Chinese, two Congolese, eight Croatians, 92 Czechs, one DR Congolese, five Egyptians, one Eritrean, one Estonian, one Ethiopian, one Gambian, six Georgians, nine Ghanaians, two Guineans, four Indians, two Iranians, eight Ivory Coast, one Jamaican, six Kazakhstanis, 11 Kenyans, 92 Kosovans, ten Latvians, two Lebanese, two Liberians, two Libyans, 30 Lithuanians, two Macedonians, one Malawian, one Mauritian, 71 Moldovans, two Moroccans, one Niger, 493 Nigerians, 14 Pakistanis, one Palestinean, 94 Polish, 608 Romanians, 42 Russians, one Serbian, one Sierra Leone, two Somalians, 17 South Africans, six Sri Lankans, one Stateless, two Sudanese, one Tajikistani, three Togolese, two Turkish, three Ugandans, one UK, 42 Ukrainians, five Yugoslavians, eight Zairians, one Zambian and two Zimbabweans.
Some 317 deportation orders were effected in 2001, including 20 who left the State before the orders were effected, as follows: three Albanians, three Algerians, one Azerbaijani, two Belarussians, one Bosnian, 17 Bulgarians, one Burundian, one Chad, one Chinese, eight Croatians, 55 Czechs, one Estonian, one Gambian, one Ghanaian, one Iranian, one Ivory Coast, one Jamaican, 12 Kosovans, three Latvians, one Liberian, three Lithuanians, two Malaysians, 13 Moldovans, one Moroccan, 17 Nigerians, 40 Polish, 109 Romanians, three Russians, one Serbian, seven South Africans, one Turkish, one UK, two Ukrainians and two Zairians.
From 1 January 2002 to 12 December 2002, 2,198 deportation orders were made as follows: one Afghanistani, 42 Albanians, 75 Algerians, seven Angolans, one Armenian, one Azerbaijani, 36 Belarussians, one Brazilian, 44 Bulgarians, three Burundians, 14 Cameroonians, five Chinese, one Colombian, five Congolese, 20 Croatians, 138 Czechs, two DR Congolese, seven Estonians, one Gabonese, seven Gambians, 15 Georgians, ten Ghanaians, one Guinean, two Hungarians, 14 Indians, one Iranian, one Iraqi, two Israelis, 14 Ivory Coast, one Jamaican, three Kazakhstanis, 23 Kenyans, 92 Kosovans, one Kyrgystani, 16 Latvians, nine Lebanese, 36 Lithuanians, 13 Macedonians, one Mali, one Mauritian, 111 Moldovans, one Moroccan, 455 Nigerians, 32 Pakistanis, six Palestinians, three Filipinos, 117 Polish, 525 Romanians, 91 Russians, two Serbians, four Sierra Leone, 27 Slovakians, three Somalians, 28 South Africans, 21 Sri Lankans, five stateless, four Sudanese, two Tajikistanis, one Tanzanian, one Thai, six Togolese, one Turkish, 67 Ukrainian, two Uzbekistanis, 11 Yugoslavians, one Zairian and four Zimbabweans.
Some 434 deportation orders were effected in 2002, including 13 who left the State before the orders were effected, as follows: six Albanians, seven Algerians, one Brazilian, six Belarussians, 17 Bulgarians, one Cameroonian, three Chinese, one Congolese, nine Croatians, 64 Czechs, one DR Congolese, two Estonians, one Ghanaian, one Hungarian, one Iranian, six Kazakhstani, 18 Kosovans, four Latvians, five Lithuanians, six Macedonians, 23 Moldovans, 45 Nigerians, two Pakistanis, 57 Polish, 120 Romanians, nine Russians, one Serbian, two Somalians, one South African, two stateless, one Sudanese, ten Ukrainians and one Uzbekistani.
The figures above represent persons who applied for refugee status and were refused and persons transferred to another country under the Dublin Convention. They do not include persons who are deemed to have been staying illegally in the State and who did not apply for asylum status. The immigration division of my Department actively encourages persons who might otherwise be deported to return voluntarily to their countries of origin, and has enlisted the help of the International Organisation for Migration to assist with this task. At present the organisation is focusing on the return of Romanians, Nigerians and CIS nationals. The number of persons who voluntarily repatriate has increased significantly over the past four years as evidenced by the figures below.
Voluntary Returns
Year
|
No of Returns
|
1999
|
37
|
2000
|
248
|
2001
|
356
|
2002*
|
456
|
*Up to 12/12/2002