Holly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats)
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577. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of unaccompanied migrants who arrived alone into Irish ports who were referred to Tusla in 2020 and 2021. [5172/22]

Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, receives separated children seeking international protection into care via two routes: those who have been relocated under the Irish Refugee Protection Programme and those who present independently at ports and other points of entry to Ireland.

I can advise the Deputy that in 2020, Tusla received 40 referrals of children seeking international protection arriving alone at Irish ports. In 2021, Tusla received a further 62 such referrals.