Protection and Return statistics
Number of Applications for Asylum in Ireland, 2006 - 2016
Source: Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner
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Asylum Applications, 2006 - 2016 Year Number of Applications 2016 2,244 2015 3,276 2014 1,448 2013 946 2012 956 2011 1,290 2010 1,939 2009 2,689 2008 3,866 2007 3,985 2006 4,314 Source: Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner
Number of Applications, by Nationality, for Asylum in Ireland, 2014 - 2016
| Application for Asylum by Nationality, 2014 - 2016 |
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2014 |
2015 | 2016 | |||
| Country | No. | Country |
No. |
Country |
No. |
| Pakistan |
292 |
Pakistan |
1,352 |
Syria | 244 |
| Nigeria |
142 |
Bangladesh |
286 |
Pakistan | 233 |
| Albania |
99 |
Albania |
214 | Albania |
222 |
| Bangladesh |
99 |
Nigeria |
186 |
Zimbabwe |
192 |
| Zimbabwe |
85 |
India |
144 |
Nigeria |
176 |
| Others | 731 |
Others | 1,094 |
Others | 1,177 |
| 1,448 |
3,276 |
2,244 | |||