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Overview of statistical practice
Since January 2017, the International Protection Office (IPO) is 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: 2020
| Applicants in 2020 | Pending at end 2020 | Refugee status | Subsidiary protection | Hum.
status |
Rejection | Inadmiss. | Refugee rate | Subs. Prot.
rate |
Hum. rate | Rejection Rate | ||||
| Total | 1, 566 | 5,279 | 438 | 85 | 200 | 1,553 | 18 | 19.24% | 3.73% | 8.78% | 68.23% | |||
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Breakdown by countries of origin of the total numbers
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| Nigeria | 208 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Somalia | 167 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Pakistan | 87 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| South Africa | 84 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Zimbabwe | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
Source: IPO, April 2021. Rejection of international protection includes refusal of international protection and permission to remain, as well as refusal pursuant to s.37 of the IPA 2015 whereby an applicant withdraws from the International protection process.
Gender/age breakdown of the total number of applicants: 2020
| Number | Percentage | |
| Total number of applicants | 1,926 | – |
| Men | 992 | 51.5% |
| Women | 574 | 29.8% |
| Children | 360 | 18.69% |
| Unaccompanied children | 30 | 1.5% |
Source: IPO, April 2021.
Comparison between first instance and appeal decision rates: 2020
| First instance | Appeal | |||
| Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | |
| Total number of decisions on merits | 2,276 | – | 1,083 | – |
| Decisions granting international protection | 723 | 31.76% | 289 | 26.68% |
| Rejection | 1,553 | 68.23% | 783 | 72.29% |
Source: IPO, April 2021.
[1] IPO, Statistics, available at: http://bit.ly/2FlF0Nn.
[2] ISD, Open Data, available at: https://bit.ly/3atHKHG.