Deportation Orders Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 28 November 2017

Tuesday, 28 November 2017

Ceisteanna (277)

Richard Boyd Barrett

Ceist:

277. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the top three nationalities deported in each of the years 2000 to 2016, inclusive, and to date in 2017; the number of persons who have been refused leave to enter the State in each of the years 2000 to 2016, inclusive, and to date in 2017; and according to nationality the number that were failed asylum applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50312/17]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Justice and Equality

I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the information requested by the Deputy is as set out in the tables below.

The statutory criteria which must be considered in relation to a decision to make a deportation order under section 3(6) of the Immigration Act 1999 include national security and public policy, the character and conduct of the person concerned and the common good. In determining whether to make a deportation order, in addition to the factors set out in Section 3(6) of the Immigration Act 1999, I must also consider all relevant constitutional and international human rights arising including those enshrined in the Refugee Convention, the UN Convention Against Torture and the European Charter of Human Rights. The question of not returning a person to a place where certain fundamental rights would be breached (or non refoulement as it is commonly referred to) is fully considered in every case when deciding whether or not to make a deportation order. This involves consideration of whether returning the person would result in the life or freedom of that person being threatened on account of his or her race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, or whether the person would be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.

A deportation order requires the person concerned to remove themselves from the State and it is only where they fail to do so that the State is forced to remove them and enforce the rule of law.

It is to be noted that the enforcement of deportation orders is an operational matter for the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB).

Table 1:  Individuals deported broken down by top 3 Nationalities from 2000 to 2017 (up to and including 25/11/2017)

Year	Nationality 1	Nationality 2	Nationality 3
2000	Poland	Romania	Czech   Republic
2001	Romania	Czech   Republic	Poland
2002	Romania	Czech   Republic	Poland
2003	Romania	Czech   Republic	China
2004	Romania	Nigeria	Moldova
2005	Nigeria	Romania	China
2006	Romania	Nigeria	China
2007	China	Nigeria	Brazil
2008	Nigeria	China	Brazil
2009	Nigeria	South   Africa	Brazil
2010	Nigeria	Georgia	Moldova
2011	Nigeria	South   Africa	Georgia
2012	Nigeria	Pakistan	Georgia
2013	Nigeria	China   (Including Hong Kong)	Mauritius
2014	China   (Including Hong Kong)	Nigeria	Malaysia
2015	Nigeria	China   (Including Hong Kong)	Mauritius
2016	Nigeria	China   (Including Hong Kong)	Ghana
2017   (to date)	China   (Including Hong Kong)	Nigeria	Pakistan

Table 2: The number of persons that have been refused leave to enter the State in each of the years 2002 to 2017 is provided in the following table.

Year	Number of refused leave to land
2000	5,852
2001	5,388
2002	4,417
2003	4,827
2004	4,477
2005	4,433
2006	5,366
2007	5,854
2008	5,390
2009	3,252
2010	2,941
2011	2,308
2012	1,958
2013	1,844
2014	2,147
2015	3,451
2016	3,951
2017 to 1/9 *	2,578

* The figure for 2017 is provisional and subject to change. 

Table 3: Number of individuals who claimed asylum who were then deported broken down by top 3 Nationalities from 2000 to 2017 (up to and including 25/11/2017) 

Year	Nationality 1	Number	Nationality 2	Number	Nationality 3	Number
2000	Poland	57	Romania	55	Czech   Republic	30
2001	Romania	106	Czech Republic	60	Poland	44
2002	Romania	103	Czech Republic	62	Poland	57
2003	Romania	148	Czech   Republic	66	Poland	35
2004	Romania	226	Nigeria	73	Moldova	53
2005	Nigeria	130	Romania	113	Croatia	17
2006	Romania	93	Nigeria	78	Moldova	18
2007	China	35	Nigeria	33	Moldova	11
2008	Nigeria	81	China	13	Moldova	6
2009	Nigeria	213	Georgia	13	South   Africa	9
2010	Nigeria	195	Georgia	43	Moldova	9
2011	Nigeria	119	Georgia	18	Moldova	17
2012	Nigeria	77	Pakistan	35	Georgia	27
2013	Nigeria	51	Albania	15	Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The	10
2014	Nigeria	20	China (Including Hong Kong)	12	Somalia	6
2015	Nigeria	107	China   (Including Hong Kong)	15	Congo,   The Democratic Republic Of The	8
2016	Nigeria	173	China (Including Hong Kong)	56	Ghana	16
2017	China (Including Hong Kong)	96	Nigeria	27	Pakistan	15

Question No. 278 answered with Question No. 255.