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Sat 07 Jul 2010State has EU's lowest rate of granting refugee status
THE GOVERNMENT has made 14 positive recommendations to grant refugee status to asylum seekers this year out of 1,014 cases, new figures show. The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) last night criticised the acceptance rates as “low” and said it would engage with the authorities.
The acceptance rate of 1.38 per cent, which was overseen by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner (ORAC), ranks Ireland at the bottom of the EU league for granting protection. It also continues a downward trend in giving refugee status to asylum seekers, with acceptance rates falling from 9 per cent in 2007.
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