I refer to Parliamentary Question No. 50080/22 of 11 November 2022 where you asked:
“To ask the Minister for Justice the number of persons who were refused immigration clearance by Garda immigration officers at Shannon Airport in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form.”
and I agreed to seek the information requested.
Please see data below in tabular form, as requested.
Port
|
Year
|
Persons Refused Leave to Land
|
Shannon
|
2021
|
18
|
Shannon
|
2022*
|
52
|
*January 1 to 30 September 2022
The Border Management Unit (BMU) of the Department has responsibility for frontline immigration services at Dublin Airport only and the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) are responsible for frontline immigration services at all other ports of entry to the State.
In accordance with section 4 of the Immigration Act 2004, a non-national arriving undocumented or for other such reasons as determined by the Immigration Officer may be refused leave to land by the immigration officer and subsequently referred to the Garda National Immigration Bureau for removal from the State. However where a person indicates or is identified as being in need of international protection, they are admitted to the international protection process.