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Annual statistics 2018 | Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service

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INIS Annual Report Statistics


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Contents

Residency and EU Treaty Rights statistics ........ 4

Visa statistics ................................................... 11

Citizenship statistics ......................................... 16

International protection statistics .................... 18

Removal/deportation statistics ........................ 28


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Nationality Total 0-17 18+ 0-17 18+

Brazilian 22414 84 12087 68 10175

Indian 21701 33 8619 35 13014

Chinese 12487 73 6893 76 5445

American 10088 71 6430 46 3541

Pakistani 7520 141 2461 166 4752

Nigerian 5705 73 2506 88 3038

Philippine 5057 57 2888 56 2056

South African 3661 136 1727 126 1672

Malaysian 3514 11 1860 15 1628

Canadian 3444 10 2149 18 1267

Mexican 2320 13 1349 13 945

Australian 2138 9 1096 10 1023

Russian 2040 30 1257 25 728

Ukrainian 1808 29 962 30 787

Turkish 1799 6 714 4 1075

Japanese 1670 14 1209 11 436

Syrian Arab Republican 1604 37 669 68 830

South Korean 1478 8 1055 17 398

Afghan 1461 154 491 213 603

Egyptian 1436 13 492 6 925

Other 29579 347 14872 317 14043

Total 142924 1349 71786 1408 68381

Individuals with Permission to Remain in the State as at 31 December

2018 broken down by Nationality, Gender and Age Group

Female Male

Age at end of year


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*The figures in the above table do not include EU Treaty rights reviews of applications.


Brazil 1500 18 865 26 591

Pakistan 530 22 104 24 380

South Africa 448 90 139 76 143

United States Of America 191 11 99 14 67

India 188 11 40 2 135

Nigeria 164 15 52 17 80

Moldova, Republic Of 153 4 103 21 25

China (Including Hong Kong) 151 5 111 9 26

Ukraine 121 8 83 7 23

Russian Federation 97 3 80 5 9

Venezuela 92 3 46 4 39

Bangladesh 85 2 20 0 63

Philippines 83 4 58 7 14

Mexico 74 0 51 0 23

Argentina 71 0 50 0 21

Mauritius 70 2 21 0 47

Serbia 58 1 26 5 26

Canada 50 2 31 2 15

Australia 43 0 22 2 19

Egypt 42 1 3 4 34

Other 1019 35 503 37 444

Total 5230 237 2507 262 2224

EU Treaty Rights Applications 2018 broken down by Nationality, Gender

and Age Group

Female Male

Age at application


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*The figures in the above table do not include grants arising from EU Treaty Rights reviews.


Brazil 1031 17 584 15 415

South Africa 289 47 99 49 94

Pakistan 276 15 59 29 173


India 100 4 23 0 73

Nigeria 97 5 19 7 66



Ukraine 71 6 51 3 11



Argentina 56 0 41 0 15

Mexico 53 0 34 0 19


Canada 44 0 24 2 18

Australia 42 5 17 4 16


Serbia 35 2 17 2 14

Ghana 27 6 9 1 11

Korea, Republic Of 24 0 20 0 4

Other 685 36 356 18 275

Total 3357 179 1685 164 1329

EU Treaty Rights Grants 2018 broken down by Nationality, Gender and

Age Group

Female Male

Age at decision


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Pakistan 400 5 41 6 348

Brazil 125 1 67 2 55

India 83 6 14 1 62

Nigeria 68 7 22 6 33


Afghanistan 53 11 12 11 19

South Africa 40 5 13 3 19

Egypt 35 0 2 0 33





Algeria 12 0 0 0 12



Morocco 10 1 3 1 5

Albania 8 0 3 0 5

Georgia 8 0 0 0 8

Ukraine 8 0 5 0 3


Other 87 3 44 2 38

Total 1092 45 281 35 731

EU Treaty Rights Review Applications 2018 broken down by Nationality,

Gender and Age Group

Female Male

Age at application


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Pakistan 34 2 2 1 29

Brazil 29 1 8 0 20

India 14 0 2 0 12

Venezuela 7 0 4 0 3



Nigeria 5 0 3 0 2

Albania 3 0 0 0 3

Argentina 3 0 2 0 1

Egypt 3 0 0 0 3

Mauritius 3 0 3 0 0

Ukraine 3 0 2 0 1

Other 19 0 7 0 12

Total 134 5 36 1 92

EU Treaty Rights Review Grants 2018 broken down by Nationality,


Female Male

Age at decision


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India 18 0 1 0 17

Brazil 10 0 4 0 6

Egypt 9 0 3 0 6

Pakistan 9 0 1 0 8



Malaysia 6 0 1 0 5

Nigeria 6 0 5 0 1


Other 42 0 12 0 30

Total 145 1 47 0 97

Long Term Residency Applications 2018 broken down by Nationality,


Female Male

Age at application


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India 8 0 0 0 8


Malaysia 3 0 2 0 1

Pakistan 3 0 1 0 2


Egypt 2 0 0 0 2


Ukraine 2 0 2 0 0

Argentina 1 0 0 0 1


Belarus 1 0 0 0 1

Botswana 1 0 0 0 1

Brazil 1 0 0 0 1

Canada 1 0 1 0 0

Israel 1 0 0 0 1

Mexico 1 0 0 0 1

Nigeria 1 0 1 0 0

Saudi Arabia 1 0 0 0 1


Vietnam 1 0 1 0 0

Total 41 0 12 0 29

Long Term Residency Grants 2018 broken down by Nationality, Gender

and Age Group

Female Male

Age at application


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India 31376 1121 11552 1110 17593



Nigeria 6984 359 2750 338 3537

Pakistan 6650 480 2202 557 3411

Turkey 5650 203 2419 191 2837

Philippines 4955 137 3081 139 1598

Ukraine 4164 206 2003 202 1753

Saudi Arabia 3824 294 1172 396 1962

Indonesia 3266 137 1684 110 1335

Egypt 2452 178 776 144 1354

Sudan 1825 176 683 199 767

Thailand 1744 33 1223 36 452

Kuwait 1633 100 674 94 765

Colombia 1567 52 831 59 625

Belarus 1561 220 718 172 451

Serbia 1366 26 650 31 659

Vietnam 1163 35 621 32 475

Iran 1151 33 490 25 603

Morocco 1117 47 509 55 506

Other 22729 946 9833 957 10993

Grand Total 140533 6908 61302 6514 65809

Total Visa Applications 2018 broken down by Nationality, Gender and

Age Group

Female Male

Age at application


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India 29602 1005 10755 1002 16840

China (including Hong Kong) 20315 657 10327 641 8690


Pakistan 7413 607 2527 727 3552

Nigeria 6703 353 2638 347 3365

Turkey 5569 234 2354 245 2736

Philippines 4986 162 3090 146 1588

Ukraine 4084 205 1959 218 1702

Saudi Arabia 3785 308 1152 469 1856

Indonesia 3205 150 1629 132 1294

Egypt 2325 171 731 142 1281

Sudan 1780 181 662 213 724

Thailand 1712 43 1188 49 432

Kuwait 1635 115 661 110 749

Colombia 1539 57 804 58 620

Belarus 1538 245 679 183 431

Serbia 1341 25 632 34 650

Vietnam 1140 39 603 42 456

Iran 1103 38 468 26 571

Lebanon 1089 35 450 30 574

Other 22544 1135 9705 1147 10557

Total 137788 7546 59442 7198 63602

Total Visas Decided 2018 by Nationality, Gender and Age Group

Female Male

Age at decision


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India 28205 960 10258 955 16032



Turkey 5300 231 2278 243 2548

Philippines 4408 141 2688 132 1447

Nigeria 4363 179 1820 162 2202

Saudi Arabia 3736 301 1134 462 1839

Ukraine 3692 198 1749 199 1546

Pakistan 3226 216 1174 237 1599

Indonesia 3170 148 1607 132 1283

Egypt 2149 165 680 132 1283

Kuwait 1575 113 643 104 715

Thailand 1556 36 1069 41 410

Belarus 1468 242 634 178 414

Colombia 1452 56 755 58 583

Serbia 1311 25 621 34 631

Sudan 1144 100 487 130 427

Lebanon 1036 31 436 25 544

Vietnam 1002 33 533 32 404

Iran 842 17 348 14 463

Other 18122 784 7995 749 8483

Total 121220 6346 53111 5831 55932

Total Visas Granted 2018 broken down by Nationality, Gender and Age

Group

Female Male

Age at decision


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Pakistan 4187 391 1353 490 1953

Nigeria 2340 174 818 185 1163

India 1397 45 497 47 808


Sudan 636 81 175 83 297

Philippines 578 21 402 14 141


Ukraine 392 7 210 19 156

Turkey 269 3 76 2 188

Iran 261 21 120 12 108

Egypt 176 6 51 10 109

Thailand 156 7 119 8 22

Vietnam 138 6 70 10 52

Colombia 87 1 49 0 37

Belarus 70 3 45 5 17

Kuwait 60 2 18 6 34

Lebanon 53 4 14 5 30


Indonesia 35 2 22 0 11

Serbia 30 0 11 0 19

Other 4422 351 1710 398 1963

Total 16568 1200 6331 1367 7670

Total Visas Refused 2018 broken down by Nationality, Gender and Age

Group

Female Male

Age at decision


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*3,060 applications were unable to be broken down by gender in the above table.


India 15571 1165 5462 1202 7742


Pakistan 3964 416 1050 437 2061

Philippines 2750 84 1526 125 1015

Nigeria 2394 174 925 194 1101

Saudi Arabia 1566 167 552 165 682

Egypt 1353 229 331 207 586


Turkey 1225 46 496 47 636

Ukraine 923 94 368 77 384

Sudan 836 92 287 121 336

Mauritius 676 57 269 70 280

Kuwait 668 14 285 6 363

Venezuela 497 4 274 2 217

Bangladesh 465 28 126 39 272

Oman 421 15 212 13 181

Thailand 394 20 278 34 62

Iran 332 17 146 13 156

Vietnam 329 14 170 15 130

Zimbabwe 318 13 175 17 113

Other 8978 441 2375 480 2622

Total 53741 3891 20116 4131 22543

Total Decided Re-Entry Visas 2018 by Nationality, Gender and Age

Group

Female Male

Age at decision


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Poland 1464 67 707 71 619

Romania 819 54 374 62 329

United Kingdom 687 6 303 8 370

India 629 65 154 81 329

Nigeria 479 50 182 63 184

Pakistan 364 40 90 50 184

Philippines 320 26 144 36 114

Latvia 308 18 171 22 97


Brazil 220 24 108 11 77



Hungary 142 7 58 10 67

Lithuania 133 4 72 7 50

Ukraine 99 8 60 7 24


Thailand 83 6 63 5 9


Sudan 77 6 21 15 35

Malaysia 76 7 39 6 24

Other 1581 108 676 104 693

Total 8225 545 3603 638 3439

Citizenship Certificates Issued 2018 broken down by Nationality,


Female Male

Age at issue


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Poland 1764 94 780 114 776

United Kingdom 1221 10 549 13 649

Romania 1034 82 458 88 406

India 965 100 252 111 502

Nigeria 819 77 289 94 359

Pakistan 703 67 199 80 357

Brazil 400 20 198 24 158

Philippines 370 28 176 47 119

Latvia 368 27 186 31 124



South Africa 230 14 115 23 78

Hungary 177 6 87 16 68

Ukraine 177 14 94 13 56

Lithuania 170 13 79 13 65


Mauritius 141 6 63 12 60

Syria 131 6 41 5 79

Thailand 126 12 99 7 8


Other 2881 186 1198 210 1287

Total 12622 827 5377 980 5438

Citizenship Applications 2018 broken down by Nationality, Gender and

Age Group

Female Male

Age at application


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Albania 459 41 85 53 280

Georgia 450 17 100 17 316

Syria 333 65 77 84 107

Zimbabwe 282 37 122 27 96

Nigeria 251 59 85 48 59

Pakistan 241 20 32 12 177

South Africa 196 30 74 37 55

Brazil 107 14 36 13 44

DR Congo 106 21 34 12 39


Other 1156 102 257 128 669

Total 3673 411 914 446 1902

International Protection Applications 2018 broken down by Nationality,


Female Male

Age at application


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Note: The International Protection Office makes recommendations on cases. Final decisions are issued by the Minis-

ter, once all appeals (if relevant) have been exhausted.

International Protection recommendations for approval includes the figures for Permission to Remain first instance

grants.


Syria 390 80 86 111 113

Afghanistan 103 <5 <5 <5 96

Libya 52 6 6 10 30

Pakistan 46 6 14 7 19

Zimbabwe 45 <5 24 <5 12

DR Congo 37 7 12 <5 17

Iraq 34 8 13 5 8

Malawi 34 <5 11 8 12

Albania 31 5 10 7 9

Nigeria 28 <5 12 <5 9

Other 275 23 104 39 109

Total 1075 146 295 200 434

International Protection Recommendations for Approval 2018 broken

down by Nationality, Gender and Age Group

Female Male

Age at determination


Albania 345 48 79 43 175

Pakistan 303 22 23 14 244

Georgia 235 23 67 19 126

Nigeria 144 18 43 18 65

Bangladesh 135 9 11 <5 113

Zimbabwe 114 14 47 18 35


DR Congo 69 8 19 16 26

Algeria 65 <5 7 <5 52

Malawi 39 <5 15 7 14

Other 319 30 76 34 179

Total 1847 191 410 192 1054

International Protection Recommendations for Refusal 2018 broken


Female Male



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Note: These are the final decisions on International Protection applications.


Georgia 90 <5 27 8 53

Nigeria 77 <5 26 6 41

Pakistan 76 <5 3 15 58

Malawi 33 <5 11 <5 19

South Africa 27 <5 11 <5 9

Zimbabwe 23 <5 10 5 8

Algeria 19 <5 <5 <5 12

Bangladesh 16 <5 <5 <5 13

Albania 13 <5 <5 <5 8

DR Congo 11 <5 5 <5 5

Other 71 <5 19 10 40

Total 456 13 116 61 266

International Protection Refusals 2018 broken down by Nationality,


Female Male



Syria 423 95 94 118 116

Zimbabwe 85 10 46 9 20

Afghanistan 78 <5 <5 <5 70

Libya 45 6 <5 9 25

Pakistan 44 <5 9 7 26

DR Congo 40 8 7 <5 21

Nigeria 31 5 12 <5 10

Iraq 28 8 11 <5 5

Albania 27 <5 9 6 8

Malawi 22 <5 10 <5 8

Other 198 16 77 24 81

Total 1021 155 284 192 390

International Protection Grants 2018 broken down by Nationality,


Female Male

Age at decision


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Syria 265 56 60 73 76

Eritrea 23 0 0 0 23

Sudan 22 0 0 4 18

Somalia 6 0 0 0 6

Nigeria 3 0 2 0 1

Cote D'Ivoire 2 0 0 2 0

Ethiopia 1 0 0 0 1

Guinea 1 0 0 1 0

Iraq 1 0 0 0 1

Total 324 56 62 80 126

Irish Refugee Protection Programme Applications 2018 broken down by

Nationality, Gender and Age Group

Female Male

Age at date of application


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Zimbabwe 758 111 333 85 229

Nigeria 750 133 270 165 182

Pakistan 642 82 113 71 376

Albania 617 73 160 78 306

South Africa 434 75 155 100 104

Georgia 415 34 100 35 246

DR Congo 351 61 103 62 125

Malawi 238 33 75 38 92

Bangladesh 216 23 33 16 144


Algeria 178 6 12 8 152

Iraq 102 15 21 16 50

Ghana 74 6 19 7 42

Cameroon 73 7 33 6 27

Somalia 67 3 26 3 35

Sudan 66 3 8 6 49

Sierra Leone 60 7 16 7 30

Syria 59 9 17 7 26

India 58 4 16 7 31


Other 869 113 232 120 404

Total 6252 813 1757 855 2827

Refugee Applicants in Direct Provision as at 31 December 2018 broken


Female Male

Age as at 31/12/2018


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Note: The figures in the table above provide details of the total number of people who applied

for family reunification under the International Protection Act, and includes people who were

ineligible for family reunification.


Syria 537 105 165 133 134

Somalia 71 20 19 23 9


Zimbabwe 49 19 8 18 4

Eritrea 34 12 8 11 3

Iraq 28 2 14 4 8


Sudan 24 4 6 8 6

DR Congo 14 2 3 4 5

Iran 14 0 8 3 3

Malawi 13 6 0 5 2

Ethiopia 12 4 3 5 0

Nigeria 9 3 3 1 2

Palestinian Territory, Occupied 9 5 2 1 1



Cameroon 6 1 1 4 0

Georgia 5 2 1 2 0

Lebanon 5 0 3 0 2

Burundi 4 1 1 1 1

Other 50 8 20 8 14

Total 984 216 297 262 209

Family Reunification Applications 2018 broken down by Nationality,


Female Male

Age at application


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Syria 70 15 21 22 12


Zimbabwe 20 9 2 7 2

Pakistan 13 4 5 3 1

Nigeria 8 2 3 3 0

DR Congo 7 1 1 4 1

Malawi 5 3 0 1 1


Sudan 5 2 1 2 0

Ethiopia 4 2 0 1 1

Kuwait 4 0 1 3 0


Togo 4 0 1 3 0

Albania 3 1 0 1 1

Kenya 3 2 0 1 0

Uganda 3 2 0 1 0


Benin 2 1 0 0 1

Iran 2 1 1 0 0

Iraq 2 0 1 1 0

Other 8 0 3 1 4

Total 211 60 54 73 24

Family Reunification Grants 2018 broken down by Nationality, Gender

and Age Group

Female Male

Age at decision

Note: The figures in the table above provide details of the total number of people who were

granted family reunification under the International Protection Act.


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Pakistan 564 0 52 0 512

Zimbabwe 320 1 182 0 137

Albania 280 0 66 4 210


Nigeria 228 0 106 0 122

Georgia 134 1 35 1 97

DR Congo 132 0 43 2 87

Algeria 109 0 7 1 101



Malawi 80 0 36 0 44

India 57 0 10 2 45

Iraq 35 0 5 0 30

Cameroon 29 0 17 0 12

Libya 27 0 2 0 25

Ghana 23 0 4 0 19



Nepal 21 0 6 0 15

Egypt 19 0 0 0 19

Other 362 0 111 2 249

Total 2889 3 767 17 2102

Applications for Access to the Labour Market 2018 broken down by

Nationality, Gender and Age Group

Female Male

Age at Application


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Pakistan 356 0 40 0 316

Zimbabwe 267 1 153 0 113

Albania 179 0 41 3 135


Nigeria 145 0 69 0 76

DR Congo 99 0 37 2 60

Algeria 74 0 7 0 67

Georgia 65 0 19 1 45



Malawi 54 0 30 0 24

India 40 0 7 2 31

Iraq 24 0 3 0 21

Cameroon 23 0 14 0 9

Libya 20 0 2 0 18



Ghana 17 0 3 0 14


Somalia 16 0 6 1 9

Other 254 0 84 1 169

Total 1965 2 585 13 1365

Labour Market Grants broken down 2018 by Nationality, Gender and

Age Group

Female Male

Age at grant


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Note: This table relates to unaccompanied minors in all years since resettlement began. 11 unaccompanied

minors arrived in 2018.


Eritrea 17 0 0 17 0


South Sudan 4 0 0 4 0

Ethiopia 4 0 0 4 0

Syria 1 0 0 1 0

Total 41 0 0 41 0

Resettlement of Unaccompanied Minors from Calais as of 31 December

2018 broken down by Nationality, Gender and Age Group

Female Male

Age at issue


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Lithuania 20 0 0 0 20

Poland 17 0 1 0 16

Romania 15 0 0 0 15

Latvia 8 0 0 0 8

Bulgaria 2 0 1 0 1

Slovak Republic 2 0 0 0 2

Finland 1 0 0 0 1

Hungary 1 0 0 0 1

Italy 1 0 0 0 1

Netherlands 1 0 0 0 1

Total 68 0 2 0 66

Removals Effected 2018 broken down by Nationality, Gender and Age

Group

Female Male

Age at removal




Nigeria 18 1 6 0 11

Brazil 11 0 1 0 10

India 8 0 0 0 8

Malaysia 8 0 2 0 6

Algeria 5 0 0 0 5

Zimbabwe 5 2 1 1 1



Other 37 0 5 0 32

Total 163 3 21 1 138

Deportations Effected 2018 broken Down by Nationality, Gender and

Age Group

Female Male

Age at Deportation Effected

Note: Minors are only deported as part of a family group.


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Pakistan 560 18 63 15 464

India 100 4 21 2 73


Brazil 66 4 23 6 33

Georgia 57 3 15 1 38

Nigeria 51 7 14 6 24


Malawi 21 2 6 1 12


Zimbabwe 18 3 5 2 8


Nepal 11 0 3 0 8

Sri Lanka 11 2 2 0 7


Algeria 9 0 0 0 9

Albania 7 0 3 0 4

Egypt 7 0 0 0 7

Mauritius 7 1 2 1 3

Vietnam 6 0 3 0 3


Other 85 2 22 1 60

Total 1186 53 216 39 878

Deportations Signed 2018 broken down by Nationality, Gender and Age

Group

Female Male

Age at Deportation Order Signed

Note: Persons subject to a Deportation Order are obliged to remove themselves from the

State, and many comply with this requirement.

Minors are only deported as part of a family group.


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Brazil 43 4 23 1 15

Malaysia 18 0 2 0 16


Georgia 14 0 0 0 14

India 14 2 3 1 8


Romania 9 0 0 0 9


Syria 8 3 1 3 1

Ukraine 6 1 2 0 3

Other 68 6 26 1 35

Total 213 16 64 8 125

Voluntary Returns 2018 broken Down by Nationality, Gender and Age

Group

Female Male

Age at Voluntary Return


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Nationality Total Female Male

Albania 622 159 463

Brazil 524 223 301

South Africa 359 177 182

United States of America 232 125 107

Bolivia 230 111 119

Georgia 219 53 166

India 139 47 92

Zimbabwe 135 78 57

China (including Hong Kong) 107 52 55

Nigeria 91 36 55

Pakistan 90 5 85

Malaysia 71 31 40

Iraq 67 25 42

Syria 52 12 40

Afghanistan 48 6 42

Mexico 39 19 20

Iran 36 5 31

Algeria 31 1 30

Somalia 30 9 21

Canada 24 11 13

Other 1651 470 1181

Total 4797 1655 3142

Refused Leave to Land in the State 2018 broken down by Nationality

and Gender

Gender

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