Resettlement of Programme Refugees - 2000-2011



Origin of Resettlement Refugees admitted into Ireland since the start of the Programme.
Arrival by year of entry

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Total

Afghan

19 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

30

Cameroonian

0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1

Chadian

0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

3

Chinese

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

1

Congolese

0 10 11 15 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 0

44

Cuban

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 3 0 0

15

D. R. Congolese

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 84 0 0

91

Eritrean

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 9

11

Ethiopian

0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 3 0 0 6

20

Iranian

0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0

7

Iranian Kurd

6 15 12 10 0 46 180 0 0 8 0 0

277

Iraqi

0 3 3 6 0 0 0 0 5 7 16 6

46

Ivory Coast

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0

3

Jordanian Palestinian

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0

4

Liberian

3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

3

Moroccan

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

1

Burma-Karen

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 97 0 0 3 0

100

Burma-Rohinga

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 82 0 0

82

Palestinian

0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0

3

Russian

0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1

Russian (Chechnia)

0 0 0 15 29 41 0 0 2 0 0 0

87

Rwandan

6 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0

15

Serbian

0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2

Somalian

0 4 1 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0

25

Sri Lankan

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0

5

Stateless

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0

3

Sudanese

1 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 71 0 0 23

101

Syrian

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0

2

Togolese

0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

5

Tunisian

0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

6

TOTAL

35

52

28

50

58

115

184

114

101

192

20

45

994






Note: Ireland has an annual quota of 200. Refugees are selected for resettlement during the quota year but in many cases may not arrive in Ireland until the following year. The above table reflects the year of arrival.




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