Written answers

Thursday, 27 April 2006

Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform

Asylum Applications

5:00 pm

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 159: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons who have applied for asylum here in each of the past five years; the number approved, deferred or refused or pending in the same time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15907/06]

Photo of Michael McDowellMichael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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The information requested by the Deputy is set out in tabular format below.

Table 1: The number of asylum applications received by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and details of those granted and refused at first instance.
Year No. of Asylum Applications Received No. of Recommendations to grant refugee status (at first instance) Asylum Applications Refused (at first instance)
2001 10,325 459 6,505
2002 11,634 894 7,466
2003 7,900 345 7,847
2004 4,766 430 6,460
2005 4,323 455 4,787
Table 2: The number of appeals* of first instance recommendations made to the Refugee Appeals Tribunal where the first instance recommendation was affirmed and details of the number of appeals resulting in the granting of refugee status.
Year Appeals processed to decision where the first instance recommendation of ORAC was affirmed* No. of appeals upheld (granted refugee status)*
2001 1,460 482
2002 3,599 1,099
2003 3,769 832
2004 5,394 708
2005 3,405 511
*Substantive and accelerated appeals only. Some appeals may be withdrawn before a decision is made at the appeal stage and there are also a number of manifestly unfounded appeals and appeals under the EU Dublin Convention/Regulation in each of the years set out in this table.
Table 3: The number of cases pending at the end of each year in each of the organisations and the number of cases pending for over 6 months at the end of each year.
Year ORAC — Cases pending at year end RAT — Cases pending at year end Cases pending for more than six months in each agency (combined) Total cases pending at year end
2001 8,483 2,641 6,500* 11,124
2002 5,094 2,456 n/a 7,550
2003 4,554 2,836 2,896 7,390
2004 2,350 1,346 1,144 3,696
2005 1,169 1,267 433 2,436
* This figure relates to the position at the end of September 2001.

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