Written answers

Tuesday, 8 July 2008

Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform

Voluntary Repatriation Schemes

11:00 pm

Photo of Denis NaughtenDenis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 809: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the funding provided to the Dublin office of the International Organisation for Migration to facilitate voluntary return in each of the past three years; the number of persons assisted in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27069/08]

Photo of Dermot AhernDermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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One of the options open to persons faced with the prospect of having a Deportation Order issued in respect of them is that they can seek to return voluntarily to their country of origin.

Asylum seekers and irregular migrants from non-EU countries who agree to return voluntarily to their countries of origin but do not have the financial means or in some instances the necessary documentation to do so, can obtain assistance through the Voluntary Assisted Return and Reintegration Programme (VARRP). This Programme is funded by my Department and managed by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM).

The following table sets out the funding provided by my Department to IOM Dublin and the number of persons who returned to their home countries under the IOM VARRP during the past three years.

200520062007
Funding to IOM Dublinâ'¬579,678â'¬609,974â'¬800,175
Voluntary returns through IOM210175255

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