Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 25 October 2023
139. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice how many asylum applicants have failed the asylum application process in each of the past five years and to date in 2023; and how many of this cohort have left Ireland and-or have been removed from Ireland in the corresponding timeframe. [46801/23]
View answerMy Department takes all necessary steps to manage the international protection process efficiently and effectively, while ensuring the integrity of those processes is maintained at all times.
The data in the table below show the latest statistics on decisions made.
Latest Decision Made per Applicant for International Protection from 2019 to September 2023*
|
Decision Year |
Refugee Status (RS) Grants |
Subsidiary Protection (SP) Grants |
Permission to Remain (PTR) (1st Instance and Final Decision) |
Refusal All (RS, SP & PTR) |
Total Decisions |
|
2019 |
951 |
163 |
427 |
1068 |
2609 |
|
2020 |
1032 |
153 |
316 |
616 |
2117 |
|
2021 |
1105 |
95 |
1148 |
16 |
2364 |
|
2022 |
1926 |
95 |
2851 |
1140 |
6012 |
|
2023 (up to 30.09.2023) |
1967 |
136 |
861 |
903 |
3867 |
|
Total |
6981 |
642 |
5603 |
3743 |
16969 |
Table 1 * –Latest decision made per applicant for International Protection/Asylum from 2019 to September 2023. Changes may occur due to data cleansing, permission revoked and if applicant appeals and a further final decision is made. There is no correlation between year of application and year decision is issued.
It must also be acknowledged that those who do not have a legal right to remain in this country must return to their own country.
A decision to effect a deportation order is taken following fair procedure and when the individual concerned has gone through all available avenues for appeal.
The table below contains details of persons confirmed deported and those confirmed deported following unsuccessful International Protection applications.
A person who has sought international protection is only subject to a deportation order when they have either not engaged with the application process or their case has been considered in detail and all available appeals processes have been exhausted. In the period 2018 until 30/09/2023 2,499 deportation orders were signed. During this period 232 people with deportation orders were escorted from the State. A further 206 people left after a deportation order was served on them.
Some people who apply for international protection process avail of a voluntary return programme or are offered the possibility of voluntary returning. Since 2018 up until 30/09/2023, 201 people have left the State on voluntary return programmes offered by the Department of Justice and the IOM.
|
- |
Deportation Orders Signed |
Enforced deportations |
People who left the state after a Deportation Order was issued |
People who availed of a voluntary return programme |
|
2018 |
229 |
55 |
39 |
9 |
|
2019 |
835 |
115 |
68 |
29 |
|
2020 |
291 |
24 |
39 |
38 |
|
2021 |
0 |
2 |
15 |
9 |
|
2022 |
539 |
17 |
38 |
35 |
|
2023 |
605 |
19 |
7 |
81 |
|
Total |
2499 |
232 |
206 |
201 |
It is also important to note that many individuals who withdraw from the international protection process or who are subject to a deportation orders leave the State without notifying the relevant authorities. This number in this particular category is difficult to quantify.
