Ireland Profile

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Map of Detention Sites

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Ireland Detention Profile 2010

Quick Facts

Dedicated immigration detention sites: 0

Total detained: 961 (2008)

Average daily detained population: 17 (2008)

Pending asylum claims: 4,612 (end 2008)

Deportations and returns: 1,034 (2008)

Last updated: February 2010

Ireland Detention Profile

 

Reference List

 

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  • European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or punishment (CPT). 2006. Report to the Government of Ireland on the visit to Ireland carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 2 to 13 October 2006. Council of Europe. CPT/Inf (2007) 40. Strasbourg. 10 October 2007 http://cpt.coe.int/documents/irl/2007-40-inf-eng.htm#_Toc165257471 (accessed 20 January 2010).
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  • Irish Refugee Council (IRC). Website. “Accommodation: Direct Provision.” www.irishrefugeecouncil.ie/detail.php?category_id=2&sub_category_1_id=2&sub_category_2_id=22 (accessed 9 December 2009). 
  • Irish Refugee Council (IRC). 2008. The Right to Protection: Submission to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women’s Rights on the protection aspects of the Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill. IRC. Dublin. March 2008.
  • Kelly, M. 2005. Immigration-related detention in Ireland: Research report for the Irish Refugee Council, Irish Penal Reform Trust and Immigrant Council of Ireland. Human Rights Consultants (HRC). November 2005. http://idc.rfbf.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/irc-detention-report-2005.pdf (accessed 9 December 2009).
  • O’Riordan, Tony. 2007. “Ireland of the exclusionary welcomes: Uncovering Immigration-related Detention.” Studies, an Irish Quarterly Review Volume 96 - No. 381, March 2007.
  • Reception and Integration Agency (RIA). Website. “The asylum process: reception and dispersal.” Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform. Page copyrighted 2003. www.ria.gov.ie/the_asylum_process/reception_and_dispersal/(accessed 20 January 2010).
  • Reception and Integration Agency (RIA). 2009. Reception and Integration Agency Monthly Statistics Report December 2009. Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Reception and Integration Agency, Statistics Unit. December 2009. www.ria.gov.ie/filestore/publications/RIADec(A4)2009.pdf (accessed 20 Jan 2010).
  • Ruhs, Martin. 2009. “Ireland: From Rapid Immigration to Recession.” Migration Policy Institute. September 2009. http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?ID=740 (accessed 3 February 2010).
  • Statutory Instrument (S.I.) No. 250/1975--Temporary Release of Offenders (Training Unit) Rules, 1975. http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1975/en/si/0250.html (accessed 1 February 2010).
  • UNHCR Ireland. Website. “Asylum in Ireland.” Page copyrighted UNHCR 2001-2009. www.unhcr.ie/asylum-ireland.html (accessed 20 Jan 2010).
  • United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). 2009. 2008 Global Trends: refugees, Asylum-seekers, Returnees, Internally Displaced and Stateless Persons. UNHCR. 16 June 2009. http://www.unhcr.org/pages/49c364c4d6.html (accessed 29 July 2009).  
  • UNHCR. 2009. Asylum Levels and Trends in Industrialised Countries - First Half 2009 Statistical overview of asylum applications lodged in Europe and selected non-European countries. p. 23. 21 October 2009. www.unhcr.org/4adebca49.html (accessed 20 Jan 2010).
  • UNHCR Ireland. 2009. “Statement by Manuel Jordao, UNHCR Representative at launch of RIS Position Paper on Family Reunification in EU Parliament Office.” Dublin - 30 July 2009. www.unhcr.ie/pdf/familyreunion.pdf (accessed 20 Jan 2010).