The person concerned arrived in the State on 18 February 2001, in the company of his father, and was included in his father's application for asylum in the State. However, the person concerned was taken into the care of the Health Services Executive in 2003 and subsequently applied for asylum in his own right on 8 March 2006. His asylum application was refused following consideration of his case by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and, on appeal, by the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. Subsequently, in accordance with Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned was informed, by letter dated 9 November 2006, that the Minister proposed to make a deportation order in respect of him. He was given the options, to be exercised within 15 working days, of leaving the State voluntarily, of consenting to the making of a deportation order or of making representations to the Minister setting out the reasons why he should be allowed to remain temporarily in the State. Representations have been submitted by the person concerned.
The person concerned also submitted an application for Subsidiary Protection in the State in accordance with the European Communities (Eligibility for Protection) Regulations, 2006 (S.I. No. 518 of 2006). However, this application was deemed invalid as it was not signed by the applicant. The legal representative of the person concerned was notified of this discrepancy, by letter dated 15 December 2006, and was requested to submit a signed form containing the signature of the person concerned. By letter dated 20 November 2007, the legal representative of the person concerned informed my Department that the person concerned wished to withdraw his application for Subsidiary Protection in the State. The case of the person concerned now falls to be dealt with in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act, 1999 (as amended). The representations submitted by and on behalf of the person concerned will be fully considered, under Section 3(6) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended) and Section 5 of the Refugee Act 1996 (as amended) on the prohibition of refoulement, before the file is passed to me for decision.