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- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Brian Stanley: In regard to the 2021 figures, obviously, there is a huge budget going in, rightly so, to try to provide accommodation. There were 869 who were refused entry, 94 were deemed not admissible, 2,081 were granted permission to remain and 1,383 were granted refugee status. With regard to the 869 that were refused entry, what happens to them?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Brian Stanley: It is from a table in the documents.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Brian Stanley: Yes. There is a table that states that 869 were refused. What would generally happen there?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Brian Stanley: If they fail in the first round of the appeal, what happens?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Brian Stanley: I am sorry. Yes, the second round.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Brian Stanley: Or going to court.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Brian Stanley: How many were deported last year or in 2021, if Ms McPhillips has the figures? It is just to give us a sense of it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Brian Stanley: How many were actually deported?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Brian Stanley: What is the total number?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Brian Stanley: It was 248 last year. In terms of improving accommodation, there was a Government White Paper on this and talk of ending direct provision. From an official point of view, in terms of the Department trying to move towards that system, obviously the Ukrainian situation has happened and it has been a crisis. A war is a crisis and we are trying to deal with an emergency situation now, which...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Brian Stanley: The Department would be consulted about this, would it not?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Brian Stanley: I want to ask about people entering. Obviously, we are an island and people have to come through a port or an airport. Ms McPhillips mentioned there was a figure in excess of 40% arriving at the immigration centres who have not come through a port, whether an airport or seaport.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Brian Stanley: It was Deputy McAuliffe. I think 40% to 60% was the range.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Brian Stanley: Ms McPhillips said it is over 40%.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Brian Stanley: It could be 50% or 60% though.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Brian Stanley: So it is up to half.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Brian Stanley: Ms McPhillips said there is co-operation with the authorities in Britain and we know Britain does not have a good policy in regard to the former Prime Minister wanting this scheme of sending people to Rwanda. We do not want to go there but, obviously, Brexit has had an impact here. Ms McPhillips said there is a high level of co-operation with the authorities in Britain on this. Is there...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Brian Stanley: In regard to the ports in the North, what level of co-operation is there?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Brian Stanley: What level of co-operation is there with ports in the North? In other words, with the port authorities or the PSNI.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Brian Stanley: Would the PSNI be doing similar work at Belfast Airport as An Garda Síochána does at Cork Airport?