Peadar Tóibín
Question:523. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons coming through the North of Ireland to apply for asylum in this jurisdiction in each of the past five years. [34814/23]
View answerThursday, 13 July 2023
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The table below provides the breakdown of the number of international protection applications recorded between 2019 and to 1st July 2023 by “initial place of application”. Information on how a person enters the country when not through a designated port is not recorded.
IP Applications - Place of Application
|
Year of Application |
IPO |
Airports |
Ports |
Other |
Total |
|
2019 |
2276 |
2383 |
9 |
113 |
4781 |
|
2020 |
1239 |
284 |
4 |
39 |
1566 |
|
2021 |
2101 |
514 |
9 |
25 |
2649 |
|
2022 |
8824 |
4770 |
33 |
24 |
13651 |
|
2023 |
4084 |
1359 |
9 |
18 |
5470 |
Broadly speaking, the circumstances in which someone may present at the International Protection Office in Dublin to apply for international protection includes coming through a port legally and subsequently applying for international protection, coming across a land border, or when someone who has been residing in the country subsequently elects to apply for international protection.