Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 5 July 2018
41. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons refused asylum; the number of deportations that resulted from a refusal to grant asylum; the number of appeals made against the decision to refuse asylum; the number of successful appeals in mentioned in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29641/18]
View answerBased on the most recently available information, the statistics requested by the Deputy are outlined as follows.
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2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 (to 31 May) |
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No. of persons Refused Asylum |
1074 |
2169 |
985 |
967 |
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No. of Deportations (on foot of refusal of asylum) |
175 |
356 |
99 |
37 |
Please note the following:
The 2015 and 2016 figures on the number of persons who were refused asylum (refugee status) is on the basis of recommendations by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner (ORAC). The 2017 and 2018 figures on the number of persons who were refused asylum (refugee status) are on the basis of recommendations by the International Protection Office (IPO).
Recommendations to refuse asylum
(1) Figures provided for all the years in question deal with recommendations issued by the ORAC/IPO to refuse asylum/refugee status.
Please note the figures do not include:
(a) Applicants who did not receive a negative recommendation as they were transferred to another jurisdiction through the Dublin process.
(b) Applicants in the IPO who voluntarily withdrew in 2017 and up to end of May 2018 under the International Protection Act 2015, as the IPO does not make a recommendation to refuse Refugee Status Determination (RSD) for applicants who indicate their intention to withdraw under Section 37 of the 2015 Act. The Minister refuses a declaration in such cases.
The figures include:
Applicants who voluntarily withdrew in 2015 and 2016, as ORAC did make a negative recommendation in respect of these applicants under Section 13(2) of the Refugee Act 1996.
In the case of the IPO, it should be noted that some applicants who received a negative recommendation for asylum/RSD in 2017 and 2018 (to end May 2018) could subsequently have been given a positive Subsidiary Protection recommendation or Permission to Remain (PTR) decision.
We have not been able to compile the Appeal figures in the time available and we will be in contact with the Deputy directly when this data becomes available.
