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A total of 1,792 deportation orders have been signed this year to date, up 140% on the same period last year.
A report which is expected to be provided by the Justice Minister this week shows that the number of enforced deportations has also increased by 165% on the same period in 2023.
Helen McEntee is set to publish a report on the impact of “accelerated processing” on the international protection process two years after its introduction.
Accelerated processing means that asylum seekers can have their application processed very quickly and are then returned to their home countries if they fail to meet the criteria.
The report will say that it has resulted in significant reductions in applications for asylum.
There has been an overall 71% reduction in applications received from the eight countries initially included on the safe country list, which has now been expanded to cover 15 countries.
Accelerated processing was applied to Nigeria and Jordan in April and July this year respectively, as they were the two countries with the highest volume of applicants in the previous quarter.
This has resulted in a 66% reduction in applications from Nigeria and 67% from Jordan.
The report also gives an update on measures taken to tackle the number of people arriving into Ireland without appropriate documentation. So far this year, 138 individuals have been arrested and a “significant number” have been convicted.
Over 6,000 doorstop operations were carried out on flights perceived to pose risks of “irregular migration” at Dublin Airport in the first nine months of the year.
The process to free up 100 gardaí for immigration enforcement working, including deportations, is set to be fully completed in the first three months of next year.
Figures show that there has also been a sizable increase in the number of voluntary returns, with 648 taking place so far this year compared to 175 on the same period in 2023.
An Garda Síochána continues to work with their UK counterparts in joint operations to prevent people attempting to illegally cross the border from the North.