Earlier this month, we reported that there had been a significant increase in the number of persons who, having being granted asylum, have also been approved for bringing family members to Ireland under the Family Reunification process in the period from 2019-2024.
However, that data showed a big surge in the number of approvals – they tripled from 265 persons approved in 2019 to 983 approvals in 2024, with a total of 3,071 applications approved from 2019 to May 7, 2025. However, the data from the Department of Justice did not say how many persons subsequently entered the country on foot of each approval.
That number would…