Number of international protection applications increased by 415% in 2022

Immigration to Ireland “rose significantly” in the year to April 2023, with some 141,600 people arriving. Picture: Dominic McGrath/PA Wire

A total of 13,651 applications for international protection were made in Ireland in 2022, a 415% increase on the total number of applications made in 2021, according to a new report.

Immigration to Ireland “rose significantly” in the year to April 2023, with some 141,600 people arriving. This was a 31% increase on the total recorded over the same period one year previously. About 20,000 of arrivals to April were returning Irish emigrants.