According to data Minister for Justice Helen McEntee will provide to the Cabinet this week, there were 1,792 deportation orders signed up to yesterday, a 140% increase over the same time in 2023, reports RTE.
There have been 98 enforced deportations at this time, a 165% increase over this same period in 2023.
Ms. McEntee will inform coworkers that there has been a notable rise in the quantity of voluntary returns.
With 648 voluntary returns so far in 2024 compared to 175 during the same period in 2023, the figures are higher than they were the previous year, reports RTE.
This year, 138 individuals have been detained by the Gardaà for coming without the proper paperwork, and several of them have been found guilty.
This year will mark the end of the procedure to procure charter planes, which will greatly expand the capacity to carry out more enforced deportations.
Furthermore, in the first three months of next year, the initiative to release up to 100 gardaà for other immigration enforcement tasks, like as deportations, will be fully operational, reports RTE.
This week, Ms. McEntee will also report to the government on the steps taken to expedite the processing of applications for international protection.
Ms. McEntee implemented expedited international protection processing in November 2022.
Since then, there have been a lot fewer applications from the nations in concern, the minister will inform the Cabinet.
Three categories of applicants are now eligible for accelerated processing. Those from safe nations of origin are the first, reports RTE.
Since its inception, the list of safe countries has grown and is periodically updated.
Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Egypt, Georgia, India, Kosovo, Malawi, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Morocco, Serbia, and South Africa are among the 15 safe countries of origin at the moment.
Applicants who have been protected elsewhere in Europe are the subject of the second section, reports RTE.
Citizens of the two nations that submitted the most applications during the previous quarter make up the third category. These are Jordan and Nigeria at the moment.
This step was first implemented for Nigeria, the top-ranked nation, in April of this year. On July 29, it was expanded to include people of Jordan, the second-highest application country.
The Police Service of Northern Ireland, gardaÃ, the UK Home Office, and the Department of Justice are all actively involved in preventing misuse of the Common Travel Area (CTA).
Ms. McEntee will inform the government that the Garda National Immigration Bureau, in close collaboration with their UK Border Force counterparts, conducts immigration investigations and enforcement actions every day, reports RTE.
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