Written answers
Thursday, 7 December 2017
Department of Justice and Equality
Prisoner Data
Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and nationality of persons detained in prisons here for breaches or suspected breaches of immigration regulations for each of the past five years. [52555/17]
Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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I can inform the Deputy that the information requested in relation to the number and nationality of persons detained in prison for immigration-deportation reasons in each of the past five years is set out in the following table.
| Nationality | Yr 2017 to date | Yr 2016 | Yr 2015 | Yr 2014 | Yr 2013 | Yr 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 14 | 22 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 13 |
| Albanian | 34 | 67 | 48 | 70 | 36 | 25 |
| Algerian | 7 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| American | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| Andoran | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Angolan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Antillian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Argentinean | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Armenian | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Australian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bangladeshi | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Belgian | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Belizian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Belorussian | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Beninese | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bolivian | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| Bosnian | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Botswanan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brazilian | 32 | 41 | 22 | 16 | 23 | 39 |
| Bulgarian | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Burmese | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Burundian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cameroon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Canadian | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Chad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chidden | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chilean | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Chinese | 23 | 27 | 38 | 58 | 34 | 32 |
| Colombian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Congolese | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 6 |
| Croatian | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Czech | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Danish | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dominican Republican | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dutch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Egyptian | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| El Salvadorian | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Equatorial Guinean | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Eritrean | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Ethiopian | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Finn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| French | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Gambian | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Georgian | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 |
| Ghanian | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Greek | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Guatamlan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Guyanan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Hondourian | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Hungarian | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Indian | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Indonisian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Iranian | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| Iraqi | 16 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Israeli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Italian | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Ivory Coast | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamaican | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Japanese | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Jordanian | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Korean North | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Korean South | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Kosovon | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Kuwaiti | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyrghyzstan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Latvian | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Lebonese | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lesothean | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Liberian | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Libyan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Lithuanian | 5 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 7 |
| Macedonian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Madeiran | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Malawian | 1 | 3 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Malaysian | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 5 |
| Maltese | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mauritanian | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Mauritius | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Mexican | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Moldovan | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 |
| Mongolian | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Moroccan | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Mozambique | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Namibian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nepalese | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nicaraguan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Niger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Nigerian | 15 | 19 | 17 | 26 | 25 | 24 |
| Norwegian | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Pakistani | 36 | 25 | 24 | 27 | 21 | 24 |
| Palestinian | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Panamanian | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paraguayian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Peruvian | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Philippino | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Polish | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 5 |
| Portuguese | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Romanian | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| Russian | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| Sao Tome & Principe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Saudi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Senegese | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Serbian | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sierra Leonean | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Singaporese | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Slovak | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Slovenian | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Somalian | 7 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 4 |
| South African | 8 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 18 |
| Spanish | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Sri Lankan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sudanese | 0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| Surinam | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Swedish | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Swiss | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Syrian | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Taiwanese | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
| Tanzanian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Togo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Tunisian | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Turkish | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ugandan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Ukrainian | 2 | 7 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 7 |
| Unknown | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 1 |
| Uruguayian | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Venezuelan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 3 |
| Vietnamese | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Yemenese | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zairian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Zambian | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Total | 311 | 408 | 335 | 390 | 374 | 385 |
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