Almost 88 per cent of applications for asylum so far this year have been made at the International Protection Office in Dublin.
It's believed the overwhelming majority of people applying for asylum here are entering the country via the border with the North.
Almost 88 per cent of applications for asylum so far this year have been made at the International Protection Office in Dublin.
The Justice Minister has revealed the figure at a meeting with the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Migration this afternoon.
Jim O'Callaghan says this indicates most people aren't coming through our own ports.
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