Vol. 560 No. 5
60 Mr. Gogarty asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the total number of first instance decisions, broken down by nationality, issued by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner from 1 January 2001 until 30 November 2002. [2998/03]
The information requested by the Deputy in respect of the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner is set out in the following tabular statements:
Table 1 – Breakdown by Nationality of Recommendations to Grant a Declaration of Refugee Status for 2001 and 2002 (30 November 2002)
|
Country of Origin |
2001 |
2002 |
|
Albania |
14 |
|
|
Angola |
44 |
50 |
|
Cameroon |
10 |
31 |
|
Congo |
14 |
11 |
|
Croatia |
14 |
29 |
|
Czech Republic |
11 |
|
|
DR of Congo-Zaire |
50 |
125 |
|
Iran |
10 |
|
|
Iraq |
35 |
42 |
|
Kazahhstan |
12 |
|
|
Kenya |
11 |
|
|
Kosovo |
47 |
29 |
|
Liberia |
10 |
|
|
Nigeria |
27 |
30 |
|
Pakistan |
35 |
|
|
Palestine |
19 |
|
|
Russia |
12 |
25 |
|
Rwanda |
14 |
|
|
Sierra Leone |
19 |
12 |
|
Slovak |
10 |
|
|
Somalia |
34 |
33 |
|
Sudan |
11 |
|
|
Togo |
11 |
14 |
|
Zimbabwe |
153 |
|
|
Others |
118 |
142 |
|
Total |
458 |
860 |
|
Country of Origin |
2001 |
2002 |
|
Afghanistan |
11 |
15 |
|
Albania |
44 |
115 |
|
Algeria |
323 |
163 |
|
Angola |
125 |
144 |
|
Armenia |
22 |
|
|
Azerbaijan |
11 |
|
|
Belarus |
43 |
67 |
|
Bulgaria |
90 |
57 |
|
Burundi |
14 |
15 |
|
Cameroon |
33 |
112 |
|
China |
28 |
|
|
Congo |
15 |
15 |
|
Croatia |
45 |
237 |
|
Czech Republic |
135 |
146 |
|
DR of Congo/Zaire |
185 |
229 |
|
Egypt |
31 |
|
|
Estonia |
11 |
54 |
|
Gambia |
35 |
|
|
Georgia |
37 |
110 |
|
Ghana |
41 |
111 |
|
India |
12 |
|
|
Iran |
18 |
|
|
Iraq |
50 |
35 |
|
Israel |
45 |
|
|
Ivory Coast |
36 |
61 |
|
Kazakstan |
21 |
71 |
|
Kenya |
40 |
32 |
|
Kosovo |
224 |
91 |
|
Latvia |
42 |
36 |
|
Lebanon |
19 |
|
|
Liberia |
10 |
18 |
|
Libya |
24 |
45 |
|
Lithuania |
55 |
119 |
|
Macedonia |
29 |
|
|
Moldova |
277 |
374 |
|
Nigeria |
1,631 |
1,836 |
|
Pakistan |
40 |
|
|
Palestine |
13 |
88 |
|
Panama |
15 |
|
|
Poland |
204 |
267 |
|
Romania |
1,709 |
889 |
|
Russia |
233 |
221 |
|
Rwanda |
16 |
15 |
|
Serbia |
44 |
|
|
Sierra Leone |
123 |
176 |
|
Slovakia |
23 |
26 |
|
Somalia |
97 |
46 |
|
South Africa |
78 |
166 |
|
Sri Lanka |
28 |
11 |
|
Stateless |
29 |
|
|
Sudan |
28 |
27 |
|
Togo |
11 |
14 |
|
Turkey |
12 |
14 |
|
Uganda |
13 |
|
|
Ukraine |
134 |
202 |
|
Uzbekistan |
39 |
|
|
Yugoslavia |
26 |
|
|
Zimbabwe |
14 |
162 |
|
Others |
131 |
125 |
|
Total |
6,501 |
7,128 |
