There are currently 22,052 people in accommodation provided by the International Protection Accommodation Services (IPAS) in Ireland, the largest number of whom, 3,473, are citizens of Georgia.
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Georgians are in first place among people living in shelters. They are followed by citizens of such countries as Nigeria (2872 people), Algeria (2612), Somalia (2150), Zimbabwe (1963), Afghanistan (1330), South Africa (1019), Pakistan (642), Albania (539), Botswana (520), Congo (408), etc.
The latest weekly statistics, dated July 16, are published by the IPAS. IPAS is the state agency responsible for providing accommodation and related services to people seeking international protection (asylum) in Ireland.
As of July 16, 3,473 citizens of Georgia lived in shelters, by July 9 – 3,449, by July 2 – 3,432, and by June 25 – 3,394.
Official statistics show that more than a third of asylum seekers live in accommodation in Dublin.
According to data from the local media (GRIPT), the number of asylum applications from Georgia has decreased compared to 2022. For example, at the end of May, 367 citizens of Georgia applied for asylum, placing Georgia third after Nigeria and Algeria. In the same period of 2022, 758 citizens of Georgia requested asylum, and only citizens of Somalia (759) were ahead of them.
“This is possibly a consequence of the reaction to the widespread protests against opportunistic and illegal immigration and the fact that an increasing number of public representatives of all parties have been reflecting those concerns,” reads the GRIPT article.
Since 2018, Ireland has included Georgia in the list of safe countries.
According to the data of the first four months of 2023, 9586 citizens of Georgia applied for asylum in the EU countries, which is 1731 more than the figure of January-April 2022.
