EUROPEAN MIGRATION NETWORK. Annual Report on Migration and International Protection Statistics for Ireland: Reference year 2008

This report provides an analysis of statistics relating to migration and asylum in Ireland and is the sixth in the current series.1 It aims to describe statistical trends on migration, international protection, refusals, apprehensions, residence permits and return for the reference year 2008 in Ireland, and to facilitate comparisons and interpretations pertaining to migratory trends on the European level, as well as in the international context