Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 24 March 2022
340. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice the number of refugees admitted into Ireland in each year since 2011, by country under the Irish Humanitarian Admission Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15562/22]
View answerThe Irish Refugee Protection Programme Humanitarian Admission Programme (IHAP) was announced in May 2018.
The processing of applications made under the IHAP programme is the only element of the IRPP that remains under my Department's remit following the transfer of this function to the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality, Integration and Youth on 14 October 2020
The programme allowed holders of an international protection status in Ireland, (i.e. refugees with Convention or Programme Refugee status), holders of Subsidiary Protection grants, and Irish citizens, to make a proposal to me to bring to the State their family members who are nationals of one of the top ten major source countries of refugees as identified by the UNHCR Annual Global Trends Report.
The table below provides information on IHAP beneficiaries approved by country and by year.
|
IHAP beneficiaries approved by country and year |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2018-2021 |
|
Syrian Arab Republic |
43 |
125 |
67 |
6 |
241 |
|
Eritrea |
3 |
6 |
5 |
0 |
14 |
|
Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The |
21 |
86 |
80 |
7 |
194 |
|
Afghanistan |
18 |
78 |
79 |
15 |
190 |
|
Sudan |
13 |
53 |
32 |
2 |
100 |
|
South Sudan |
0 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
7 |
|
Somalia |
2 |
27 |
33 |
9 |
71 |
|
Lebanon |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Myanmar |
0 |
5 |
3 |
0 |
8 |
|
Subtotal by year: |
100 |
385 |
302 |
39 |
|
|
Total for all years: |
826 |
The IHAP programme had two windows for applications in mid 2018 and early 2019 and all decisions were completed by the end of 2021. There are no statistics for any years other than those given above due to the time limited nature of the programme.
