Written answers

Tuesday, 20 November 2018

Department of Justice and Equality

Refugee Data

Photo of Niall CollinsNiall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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308. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons Ireland has committed to accepting here under the resettlement and relocation programmes; the number of persons who have been admitted here under the resettlement and relocation programmes; the number of unaccompanied minors admitted here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48252/18]

Photo of David StantonDavid Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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The Government established the Irish Refugee Protection Programme (IRPP) in September 2015, as part of Ireland’s response to the migration crisis in central and southern Europe. Under this programme, the Government committed to accept up to 4,000 people into the State.  This was to be done through a combination of the EU Relocation mechanism established by two EU Council Decisions in 2015 to assist Italy and Greece, and the UNHCR-led refugee resettlement programme, which is currently focused on resettling refugees from Lebanon.

Under the EU Relocation programme, Ireland admitted 1,022 persons into the State. 

Ireland committed in 2015 and 2016 to accept 1,040 programme refugees under the resettlement strand of the programme. Thus far, 925 people have arrived and the remaining individuals are due to arrive in the coming months.

In addition, the Government has pledged to take a further 945 programme refugees by the end of 2019. 345 of these persons have already  been selected in 2018.  

Unaccompanied minors admitted through the Calais Special Project (CSP) are granted programme refugee status and form part of the IRPP.   41 young people were admitted under the CSP, which has now concluded.  A further 6 minors were admitted under the EU relocation programme.

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