Statistics

Republic of Ireland

Country Report: Statistics Last updated: 25/05/23

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Irish Refugee Council Visit Website

Overview of statistical practice

Since January 2017, the International Protection Office (IPO) has been responsible for receiving and examining applications. The IPO publishes brief monthly statistical reports on international protection applications.[1]The Immigration Service Delivery (ISD) (formerly Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS)) is part of the Department of Justice and Equality and provides data about asylum and managed migration in Ireland to Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. This data is published on the EU open data portal along with data from other European countries.[2]

Applications and granting of protection status at first instance: 2022

  Applicants in 2022 Pending at end 2022 Refugee status Subsidiary protection Humanitarian protection Rejection on merits Refugee rate Sub. Prot. rate Hum. Prot. rate Rejection rate
Total 13,651 14,103 1,383 69 2,081 869 31% 2% 46% 19%
 

Breakdown by countries of origin of the total numbers

Georgia 2,706 2,911
Algeria 1,766 1,870
Somalia 1,567 1,632
Nigeria 1,108 1,241
Zimbabwe 973 5, 483

Source: Statistics provided by International Protection Office, March 2023.

 

Gender/age breakdown of the total number of applicants: 2022

  Number Percentage
Total number of applicants 13,651
Men 9,216 68%
Women 4,425 32%
Gender not specified 10 0.0007%
Children 2,418 18%
Unaccompanied children 43 0.314%

 

Comparison between first instance and appeal decision rates: 2022

  First instance Appeal
  Number Percentage Number Percentage
Total number of decisions 4,402 1,244
Positive decisions 3,533 80% 477 38%
  • Refugee status
1,383 31% 443 36%
  • Subsidiary protection
 

69

2% 34 3%
  • Permission to remain
2,081 46%
Negative decisions 869 20% 767[3] 62%

Source:  International Protection Office, March 2023.

International Protection Appeals Tribunal, January 2023.

 

 

[1] IPO, Statistics, available at: https://bit.ly/3JCrQzS.

[2] ISD, Open Data, available at: https://bit.ly/3X5r5T4.

[3] Appeals rejected on merits (761) and appeals dismissed as inadmissible (6).

Table of contents

  • Statistics
  • Overview of the legal framework
  • Overview of the main changes since the previous report update
  • Asylum Procedure
  • Reception Conditions
  • Detention of Asylum Seekers
  • Content of International Protection
  • ANNEX – Transposition of the CEAS in national legislation