Written answers
Thursday, 23 June 2005
Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
Asylum Applications
8:00 pm
Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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Question 21: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of applications for asylum received during 2002, 2003, 2004 and to date in 2005; the number of applications approved by the Refugee Appeals Commission; the number of appeals submitted to the Refugee Appeals Tribunal and the number of such appeals upheld; the number of applications for leave to remain and the number of such applications granted; the number of deportation orders made and the number of such deportations carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21459/05]
Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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The information requested is contained in the following tabular format.
| Table 1: Number of applications for asylum received and the number of recommendations by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner* to grant refugee status (at first instance) in 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005**. | ||||
| 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005** | |
| No. of applications received | 11,634 | 7,900 | 4,766 | 1,901 |
| No. of recommendations to grant refugee status (at first instance)*** | 894 | 345 | 430 | 189 |
| *It is assumed that the reference in the Deputy's question to "Refugee Appeals Commission" refers to the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner. | ||||
| **As at 31/05/05. | ||||
| ***These recommendations refer to the year in which the recommendations were made and not the year in which the applications were lodged. |
| Table 2: Number of appeals submitted to the Refugee Appeals Tribunal and the number upheld (at appeal stage) in 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005*. | ||||
| 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005* | |
| No. of appeals received** | 5,157 | 5,014 | 4,815 | 1,908 |
| No. of appeals upheld (granted refugee status)** | 1,099 | 833 | 702 | 263 |
| *As at 31/05/05. | ||||
| **Substantive and accelerated cases. |
| Table 3: Number of Deportation Orders signed and number effected in 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005*. | ||||
| 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005* | |
| No. of Deportation Orders signed | 2,430 | 2,411 | 2,915** | 864** |
| No. of Deportation Orders effected** | 521 | 590 | 599*** | 120*** |
| *As at 31/05/05. | ||||
| **In addition to the 2,915 deportation orders signed in 2004 and the 864 deportation orders signed in 2005, there were also 238 Dublin II Regulation Transfer Orders signed in 2004 and 144 Dublin II Regulation Transfer Orders signed in 2005*. | ||||
| ***In addition to the 599 deportation orders effected in 2004 and the 120 deportation orders effected in 2005, there were also 65 Dublin II Regulation Transfers effected in 2004 and 69 Dublin II Regulation Transfers effected in 2005. |
| Table 4: Number of applications for leave to remain received from current or former asylum applicants. | ||||
| 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005* | |
| No. of applications received | 6,887 | 1,272 | 269** | 143** |
| *As at 31/05/05. | ||||
| **In the context of proposed deportation orders under the Immigration Act 1999, the issue of leave to remain, including on humanitarian grounds, is considered irrespective of whether an application is made. Thus, no statistics are kept as to the number of such applications made. |
| Table 5: Number of applications granted for leave to remain. | ||||
| 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005* | |
| Parentage of Irish born child | 3,113 | 172 | 0 | 6,139** |
| Marriage to an Irish national | 86 | 132 | 144 | 46 |
| Dependent of EU citizen | 138 | 77 | 112 | 54 |
| Other grounds | 158 | 86 | 175 | 39 |
| Total | 3,495 | 467 | 431 | 6,278 |
| *As at 31/05/05. | ||||
| **See Table 6. |
| Table 6: Number of applications for permission to remain made by the non-national parents of Irish born children born before 1 January 2005, and the number of such applications granted permission to remain. | |
| 2005 | |
| No. of applications for permission to remain made by the non-national parents of Irish born children born before 1 January 2005* | 17,877 |
| No. of applications for permission to remain granted** | 6,139 |
| *As at 31/05/05. Applications closed on 31/03/2005. | |
| **As at 31/05/05. |
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