Written answers
Tuesday, 16 May 2006
Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
Illegal Immigrants
9:00 pm
Ciarán Cuffe (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)
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Question 409: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people who have been refused permission to land here having arrived by plane or ship in each of the past five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18102/06]
Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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The information requested by the Deputy is provided in the tabular statement below.
Year | No. of persons refused leave to land |
2002 | 6,267 |
2003 | 5,901 |
2004 | 4,940 |
2005 | 4,893 |
2006 (30.04.06) | 1,786 |
Also included in the table are figures relating to numbers refused at land borders, i.e. land border with Northern Ireland.
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