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Wednesday, 23 November 2022

Department of Justice and Equality

International Protection

Photo of Pa DalyPa Daly (Kerry, Sinn Fein)
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152. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the breakdown by nationality of those who have applied for international protection to date in 2022, in tabular form. [58268/22]

Photo of Helen McEnteeHelen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The International Protection Office (IPO) of my Department is responsible for examining all international protection applications received. The staff of the IPO (the Chief International Protection Officer and the International Protection Officers) are independent by law in the exercise of their international protection functions.

The information sought by the Deputy with regard to the breakdown by nationality of those who have applied for international protection at the IPO from January 2022 to end October 2022, can be found in the table below.

Nationality
Total
Georgia 2,300
Somalia 1,409
Algeria 1,318
Zimbabwe 845
Nigeria 837
Afghanistan 618
South Africa 369
Ukraine 367
Botswana 310
Egypt 243
Pakistan 189
Albania 183
Morocco 154
Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The 145
El Salvador 145
Bangladesh 123
Sudan 87
Brazil 79
Malawi 77
Syrian Arab Republic 73
Sierra Leone 69
Ethiopia 68
Iraq 65
Russian Federation 61
India 54
Ghana 53
Iran (Islamic Republic Of) 49
Nicaragua 48
Swaziland 45
Kenya 39
Uganda 39
Bolivia 35
Eritrea 34
Palestinian Territory, Occupied 34
Turkey 33
Tunisia 32
Yemen 31
Malaysia 27
Cameroon 25
Nepal 25
Angola 24
Venezuela 23
Belarus 20
Togo 20
Jordan 19
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 18
Mauritius 17
Viet Nam 16
Kuwait 15
Lebanon 15
Guatemala 13
China (Including Hong Kong) 11
Saudi Arabia 10
Stateless 10
United States Of America 10
Burundi 9
Myanmar 9
United Kingdom 9
Kosovo / UNSCR 1244 8
Honduras 6
Israel 6
Tanzania, United Republic Of 6
Others 111
Total 11,142

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