The Government will formally review the designation it has given to all current 'safe countries of origin' over the next year, it has emerged.
THE GOVERNMENT WILL formally review the designation it has given to all current ‘safe countries of origin’ over the next year, it has emerged.
The concept of ‘safe countries of origin’ is used by EU member states as a ground for accelerating the examination of asylum claims made by nationals of those countries. The concept was first adopted in Irish law in 2004 and the current list was formalised in 2018. The Minister’s decision is also based on information from a number of sources, including from other EU Member States, the European Union Agency for Asylum , the High Commissioner and the Council of Europe.
Official figures from the International Protection Office also show that the highest number of applicants for refugee status in Ireland last year were from Georgia, a ‘safe country’, making up almost one-fifth of all applicants in 2022.Speaking at the Oireachtas Committee on Tuesday, Deputy Secretary General of the Department of Justice Doncha O’Sullivan said that the current list has been in place since 2018 and kept under review since then.
He added that there was no reason to believe that the Government’s overall position would change for any of the designated countries, but that this may happen in “a formal, legal way”.
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