Updated 2 March 2009

Latest figures on immigration, family reunifica-

tion and asylum
Click on one of the links below to get further information on a subject:

Overview of all granted residence permits

Work
Positive decisions on work
Positive decisions on work - broken down by selected categories
Positive decisions on work - broken down by selected nationalities

Study, etc.
Positive decisions on study, etc.
Positive decisions on study, etc. - broken down by selected nationalities

EU/EEA residence certificates

EU/EEA residence certificates

Family reunification, etc.

Applications for family reunification
Figures on family reunification, etc.

Asylum, etc.
Asylum applications
Unaccompanied minor asylum-seekers
Accommodation
Figures on asylum

Note: The figures for 2008 are provisional.

Based on registrations in the Aliens Register etc. as of 10 January 2009.
It should be noted that statistical corrections may occur until the
publication of the final numbers in April 2009.
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All residence permits

Overview of all granted residence permits etc.

Period 2007 2008 (by quarter) 2008

Category Total 1. 2. 3. 4. Total

Work (A) 21,440 4,666 3,028 2,516 2,425 12,635
- of which Job Card Scheme and as of 1 July 2008 the Jobplan 1,745 403 550 831 849 2,633
- of which specialists 314 60 74 4 7 145
- of which wage-earner and self-employed 3,464 1,052 696 724 652 3,124
- of which work permits to persons from the new EU Member
States * 13,773 2,575 1,086 403 363 4,427
Study, etc. (B) 16,083 4,903 4,146 6,608 3,720 19,377
- of which education 6,031 1,578 1,401 2,747 995 6,721
- of which interns 3,221 910 865 646 722 3,143
- of which au pair 2,207 792 639 689 819 2,939
EU/EEA (C) 14,620 4,063 5,634 12,009 8,888 30,594
- of which wage-earner 4,532 1,130 4,346 6,842 5,562 17,880
- of which education 5,996 1,621 140 3,343 1,712 6,816
- of which family members 2,980 1,056 913 1,546 1,258 4,773
Family reunification, etc. (D) 5,148 963 1,026 1,234 1,231 4,454
Family reunification 4,454 831 915 984 1,063 3,793
- of which spouses and cohabitants ** 3,616 667 759 829 868 3,123
Other residence (e.g. adoptions) 694 132 111 250 168 661
Asylum etc. (E) *** 1,278 235 326 397 483 1,441
Refugee status *** 1,013 184 293 317 437 1,231
Other status 265 51 33 80 46 210
Total(A+B+C+D+E) 58,569 14,830 14,160 22,764 16,747 68,501

Total number of work permits etc. (Work (category A)

and EU/EEA wage-earner (under category C)) 25,972 5,796 7,374 9,358 7,987 30,515

* As of 1 May 2008 the transitional rules have been partly lifted. The easing implies that the transitional rules only apply to
citizens from the Eastern European EU Member States, who are not covered by collective bargaining contract or individual
contract. Read more about the transitional rules on the link below.
New to Denmark - Citizens of the new EU countries
For an introduction to the categories see the overview page 12 in Statistical Overview 2007 on the link below.
New to Denmark - Asylum, family reunification and immigration
** As of 11 July 2008 permits to children according to EU-law can be indcluded in the figures. These permits are not
possible to separate electronically from the figures on spouses and cohabitants.
*** Incl. 308 permits to Iraqi interpreters etc. in 2007 and 83 in 2008.
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Positive decisions on work

Positive decisions on work *

Category 2006 2007 2008

Wage-earner and self-employed 1,849 3,464 3,124
Work permits to persons from the new EU Member States ** 10,353 13,773 4,427
Job Card Scheme and as of 1 July 2008 the Jobplan 900 1,745 2,633
Specialists etc. 450 314 145
Family ties to person granted residence permit or work grant *** 1,231 1,882 1,994
Trainees 183 177 145
Others **** 430 85 167
Total 15,396 21,440 12,635

* As of 1 August 2006 permits issued for work and education on the Faroe Islands and Greenland are no longer
registered under the separate category "Work and Education on the Faroe Islands and Greenland", but are instead
registered under any of the other categories according to the type residence permit (eg. permits for education are
registered under "Education"), permits issued before 1 August 2006 are included in the category "Others".

** As of 1 May 2008 the transitional rules have been partly lifted. The easing implies that the transitional rules only
apply to citizens from the Eastern European EU Member States, who are not covered by collective bargaining contract
or individual contract. Read more about the transitional rules and the new EU countries on the link below.
New to Denmark - Citizens of the new EU countries

*** As of 1 July 2008 this category is broken down by family ties to a person granted a work permit, or a permit for
study, respectively, the latter is registered under study. Registrations before 1 July 2008, is registered under work.

**** Includes commuters, residence permits for working purposes to persons who have previously had a residence
permit as refugee or family reunificated and whose residence permit was retrieved or not extended, introductory course
for highly skilled labour, and permits for Greencard (as of 1 July 2008 Greencards are registered under the Jobplan).

On the following pages detailed information can be found on:

Positive decisions on work - broken down by selected cases

Positive decisions on work - broken down by selected nationalities

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Positive decisions work and study - work permits to persons from the new
EU Member States and the Job Card Scheme and the Job Plan broken
down by selected categories

Number of work permits granted to persons from the new EU Member States *

Period 2007 2008 (by quarter) 2008

Category Total 1. 2. 3. 4. Total
Collective bargaining contract 11,891 2,036 535 2,571
Individual contract 333 96 31 33 30 190
Other employment (standard wage and work
conditions) 1,549 443 520 370 333 1,666
I alt 13,773 2,575 1,086 403 363 4,427
As of 1 May 2008 the transitional rules have been partly lifted. The easing implies that the transitional rules only apply
to citizens from the Eastern European EU Member States, who are not covered by collective bargaining contract or
individual contract. Read more about the transitional rules and the new EU countries on the link below.

New to Denmark - Citizens of the new EU countries

Number of work permits grated to the Job card Scheme/the Jobplan

Period 2007 2008 (by quarter) 2008

Category total 1. 2. 3. 4. total
Job Card Scheme 1,745 403 550 953
- of which the Pay Limit Scheme (450.000 kr.) 121 36 73 109
- of which the Positive List 1,624 367 477 844
Jobplan 831 849 1,680
- of which the Pay Limit Scheme (375.000 kr.) 642 607 1,249
- of which the Greencard Scheme 17 142 159
- of which the Positive List 166 93 259
- of which the Corporate Scheme 6 7 13
Total 1,745 403 550 831 849 2,633

Read more about the categories under the Jobplan on the link below.
New to Denmark - Work

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Positive decisions work - work permits to persons from the new EU

Member States broken down by main nationalities

Number of work permits granted to persons from the new EU Member States*

2007 2008 (by quarter) 2008

Nationality total 1. 2. 3. 4. total
Poland 9,394 1,712 669 165 145 2,691
Lithuania 1,795 226 95 56 50 427
Romania 632 231 114 54 58 457
Latvia 621 97 46 31 23 197
Slovakia 428 62 23 12 11 108
Others 903 247 139 85 76 547
Total 13,773 2,575 1,086 403 363 4,427
As of 1 May 2008 the transitional rules have been partly lifted. The easing implies that the transitional rules
only apply to citizens from the Eastern European EU Member States, who are not covered by collective
bargaining contract or individual contract.

* Only figures from The Danish Immigration Service are included.

The nationalities are chosen according to the number of positive decisions granted in the previous years.

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Positive decisions on study, etc.

Positive decisions on study, etc. *

Category 2006 2007 2008

Education 5,043 6,031 6,721
Au pair 1,793 2,207 2,939
Interns 2,620 3,221 3,143
Humanitarian work 729 767 859
Religious preachers etc. 113 101 84
Others * 2,754 3,756 5,631
Total 13,052 16,083 19,377

* Includes permits granted in the following categories: Family ties to person granted a residence permit or study
grants, researcher-education, work permits to persons with residence permits, work permits for students on higher
education.

Number of residence permits granted for educational purposes

Period 2007 2008 (by quarter) 2008

Category total 1. 2. 3. 4. total
Total 6,031 1,578 1,401 2,747 995 6,721
- of which higher education 4,508 1,048 1,155 2,072 720 4,995
- of which course on folk high school 679 228 162 283 172 845
- of which basic training and education 331 48 40 217 22 327
- of which introductory course 513 254 44 175 81 554

Positive decisions on study - broken down by selected nationalities

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Positive decisions study - education, au pair and interns broken down

by main nationalities

Number of residence permits granted for educational purposes

2007 2008 (by quarter) 2008

Nationality total 1. 2. 3. 4. total
China 1,400 463 267 602 296 1,628
USA 1,387 65 334 550 168 1,117
Nepal 574 212 197 230 73 712
India 365 187 93 169 29 478
Turkey 226 69 30 155 44 298
Others 2,079 582 480 1,041 385 2,488
Total 6,031 1,578 1,401 2,747 995 6,721

Number of residence permits granted to au pair persons

2007 2008 (by quarter) 2008

Nationality total 1. 2. 3. 4. total
Philippines 1,510 564 472 502 627 2,165
Ukraine 105 33 25 19 27 104
Russia 80 26 16 12 21 75
Brazil 49 15 18 13 11 57
Thailand 34 8 11 7 14 40
Others 429 146 97 136 119 498
Total 2,207 792 639 689 819 2,939

Numbers of residence permits granted to interns

2007 2008 (by quarter) 2008

Nationality total 1. 2. 3. 4. total
Ukraine 2,364 662 647 502 564 2,375
Romania 343 96 88 44 64 292
Poland 148 28 14 7 17 66
Russia 58 22 19 13 8 62
USA 40 3 19 10 5 37
Others 268 99 78 70 64 311
Total 3,221 910 865 646 722 3,143

The nationalities are chosen according to the number of positive decisions granted in the previous years.

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Figures on EU/EEA
Overview of all issued EU/EEA registration certificates/ residence cards

Period 2007 2008 (by quarter) 2008

Category total 1. 2. 3. 4. total
Wage-earner 4,532 1,130 4,346 6,842 5,562 17,880
Education 5,996 1,621 140 3,343 1,712 6,816
Family members of an EU/EEA national 2,980 1,056 913 1,546 1,258 4,773
Others 1,112 256 235 278 356 1,125
Total 14,620 4,063 5,634 12,009 8,888 30,594

EU/EEA registration certificates/ residence cards issued for the purpose of work (wage-
earner)

Period 2007 2008 (by quarter) 2008

Nationality total 1. 2. 3. 4. total
Germany 2,187 522 585 519 470 2,096
United Kingdom 681 169 159 168 182 678
Italy 355 102 88 71 140 401
France 350 90 77 81 89 337
Netherlands 261 59 57 56 65 237
Poland 2,257 3,994 2,996 9,247
Others 698 188 1,123 1,953 1,620 4,884
Total 4,532 1,130 4,346 6,842 5,562 17,880

As of 1 May 2008 the transitional rules have been partly lifted. The easing implies that the transitional rules only
apply to citizens from the Eastern European EU Member States, who are not covered by collective bargaining
contract or individual contract.

EU/EEA registration certificates/ residence issued for educational purposes

Period 2007 2008 (by quarter) 2008

Nationality total 1. 2. 3. 4. total
Germany 932 201 25 593 199 1,018
Poland 897 280 11 383 266 940
Spain 678 143 5 308 261 717
France 651 204 22 310 168 704
Italy 459 114 16 207 123 460
Other 2,379 679 61 1,542 695 2,977
Total 5,996 1,621 140 3,343 1,712 6,816
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Applications for family reunification

Number of persons applying for family reunification

Month
Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Year Total
2004 501 429 480 478 420 517 535 537 520 517 487 417 5,838
2005 590 456 591 475 492 471 437 585 516 455 462 470 6,000
2006 444 434 468 337 440 454 448 601 484 498 494 431 5,533
2007 521 388 464 414 438 432 452 549 515 515 505 359 5,552
2008 607 499 406 556 493 515 626 645 658 665 503 414 6,587

Number of persons applying for family reunification broken down by major nationalities

Month Total
Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Nationality 2008
Turkey 73 65 52 60 44 53 62 91 75 95 76 59 805
Thailand 74 54 35 52 53 70 68 69 91 70 47 48 731
Philippines 28 28 17 32 23 34 38 29 46 37 29 18 359
Pakistan 15 22 19 21 11 9 16 25 23 17 19 16 213
China 22 19 11 18 19 20 26 18 23 27 21 31 255
USA 17 15 18 33 19 23 26 27 23 22 16 27 266
Iraq 20 22 12 22 9 15 15 25 30 13 19 10 212
Russia 27 13 9 16 12 19 14 15 8 10 15 12 170
Vietnam 16 7 10 6 15 7 8 22 16 21 18 3 149
Brazil 14 9 13 5 12 15 24 21 12 18 6 7 156
Somalia 15 4 17 15 14 6 17 19 9 10 5 4 135
Afghanistan 8 8 10 10 23 14 13 7 5 13 5 4 120
Morocco 19 13 9 12 9 7 10 14 16 20 11 5 145
Ukraine 9 9 5 13 6 11 9 7 10 5 8 9 101
Iran 5 7 7 16 8 12 2 12 18 18 10 5 120
Stateless Palestinians 5 5 8 7 4 9 4 6 6 10 5 7 76
Ghana 11 12 3 6 5 9 7 6 8 12 1 4 84
Poland 6 7 1 5 8 9 23 15 15 39 10 8 146
Macedonia (FYROM) 4 4 7 8 12 5 2 8 14 8 7 8 87
Others 219 176 143 199 187 168 242 209 210 200 175 129 2,257
Total 607 499 406 556 493 515 626 645 658 665 503 414 6,587

Of which applications for family

reunification according to EU-law in
the Danish Immigration Service,
where the reference is a Danish
national* 13 17 18 24 15 28 38 61 72 67 51 40 444
The nationalities are chosen according to the number of applications lodged in the previous years.
* It should be noted that the basis for registration of applications for family reunification to Danish nationals according to EU-law was
established as of 1 October 2008. This implicates that these applications will be registered as they are identified in the case working
process. The figures are based on registrations as of 24 January 2009.
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Total
5,838
6,000
5,533
5,552
6,587

Total
2007
678
571
267
216
207
194
171
171
144
138
131
126
125
124
90
90
89
85
77
1,858
5,552

g to EU-law was
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Figures on family reunification etc.

Figures on family reunification etc.

Period 2008 (by quarter) Total

Category 1. 2. 3. 4. 2008
Family reunification

Applications for family reunification in Denmark 1,512 1,564 1,929 1,582 6,587
Positive decisions on family reunification 831 915 984 1,063 3,793
- of which spouses and cohabitants * 667 759 829 868 3,123
Negative decisions on family reunification ** 304 266 265 387 1,222

Other residence cases ***

Positive decisions on other residence cases 132 111 250 168 661

Figures on family reunification etc.

Period Year Year Year Total Total

Category 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Family reunification
Applicantions for family reunification in
Denmark 5,838 6,000 5,533 5,552 6,587
Positive decisions on family reunification 3,832 3,522 3,582 4,454 3,793
- of which spouses and cohabitants * 2,344 2,498 2,787 3,616 3,123
Negative decisions on family reunification ** 2,116 1,919 1,600 1,792 1,222

Other residence cases ***

Positive decisions on other residence cases 886 819 616 694 661
* As of 11 July 2008 permits to children according to EU-law can be included in the figures. These permits are
not possible to separate electronically from the figures on spouses and cohabitants.
** As of 11 July 2008 the figures contains refusals according to The Aliens Act as well as refusals according to
EU-law.
*** This category contains adoption, previous Danish citizenship, Danish descent, Danish minority in Germany,
etc.
Of which decisions regarding family reunification according to EU-law in the Danish
Immigration Service, where the reference is a Danish national
Period 2008 Total
All decisions Granted ***** Refusal 2008

Decisions regarding family reunification

according to EU-law in the Danish Immigration
Service where the reference is a Danish
national **** 155 5 160
**** Decisions in the period 1 January 2008 to 10 July 2008 are based on manually counting (43 grants and 2
refusals). As of 11 July the decisions regarding family reunification to Danish nationals according to EU-law are
registered separate and electronically.
***** The number of positive decisions in this table is a subset of the total number of permits to family
reunification in the table above.
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Asylum applications (gross application figure)

Number of persons applying for asylum (gross application figure)

Month
Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Year Total
2004 324 300 296 235 304 288 246 302 292 221 205 222 3,235
2005 192 265 253 216 213 191 156 161 190 149 151 144 2,281
2006 221 159 185 142 121 131 104 165 187 182 178 185 1,960
2007* 225 186 192 122 121 133 297 250 170 191 142 217 2,246
2008* 237 175 129 159 153 146 133 209 252 252 288 247 2,380

Number of persons applying for asylum (gross application figure) broken down by major nationalities

Month Total Total

Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Nationality 2008 2007
Iraq* 64 53 29 64 54 49 23 50 52 57 49 19 563 1,071
Afghanistan 33 18 11 7 13 21 23 48 70 40 71 63 418 144
Russia 33 12 13 18 24 4 8 13 14 15 20 9 183 115
Iran 20 7 7 11 9 9 11 11 26 17 27 41 196 109
Syria 4 9 6 3 4 8 7 18 15 8 9 14 105 74
India 0 1 5 5 0 2 2 2 9 3 7 1 37 56
Stateless Palestinians 8 8 5 8 9 5 5 7 6 21 4 5 91 53
Kosovo 9 5 2 3 2 3 3 7 1 8 9 6 58 47
Serbia 6 2 3 3 2 2 5 1 4 9 2 21 60 44
Sri Lanka 8 2 2 2 4 3 6 5 9 1 10 1 53 42
Bosnia-Herzegovina 5 1 6 1 4 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 26 41
China 3 4 1 0 1 0 3 2 1 0 2 2 19 41
Somalia 3 8 7 6 1 5 3 2 2 7 9 5 58 37
Turkey 0 1 4 7 2 2 1 2 3 3 10 4 39 24
Nigeria 3 2 2 1 2 0 3 2 0 6 4 4 29 22
Azerbajdzhan 6 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 5 4 1 23 20
Lebanon 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 2 1 11 18
Algeria 5 4 2 1 0 4 0 1 4 4 8 5 38 17
Pakistan 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 14 17
Others 24 34 23 17 21 28 28 28 33 43 39 41 359 254
Total 237 175 129 159 153 146 133 209 252 252 288 247 2,380 2,246

The nationalities are chosen according to the number of applications lodged in the previous years.

* Incl. 374 applications from Iraqi interpreters etc. in 2007 and 20 in 2008

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Unaccompanied minor asylum-seekers

Number of unaccompanied minor asylum-seekers (gross application figure) [Updated monthly]

Month
Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Year Total
2004 15 5 13 14 5 12 13 21 8 9 6 7 128
2005 9 9 12 8 10 12 9 16 9 6 6 3 109
2006 4 6 8 13 15 4 1 15 9 13 10 9 107
2007 14 12 9 3 5 6 6 5 7 11 5 10 93
2008 31 15 6 19 8 17 20 36 41 25 46 33 297

Number of unaccompanied minor asylym-seekers (gross application figure) broken down by main
nationalities [Updated monthly]

Month Total Total

Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Nationality 2008 2007
Afghanistan 16 12 3 3 2 12 11 15 25 13 31 21 164 39
Iraq 9 3 1 9 4 1 5 14 6 8 5 2 67 31
Sri Lanka 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 3 0 10 4
China 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4
Iran 1 0 0 5 0 1 2 2 3 1 3 3 21 3
Somalia 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 3
Russia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
Turkey 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Nigeria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Pakistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Monogolia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Sudan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Albania 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Egypt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Moldova 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Others 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 3 3 3 6 26 0
Total 31 15 6 19 8 17 20 36 41 25 46 33 297 93

The nationalities are chosen according to the number of applications lodged in the previous years.

In Denmark, an unaccompanied minor is defined as a person under 18 years of age, who enters the country without parents or
other persons who are responsible for the child, e.g. siblings or grandparents. Also children who enter the country accompanied,
but who are later abandoned, are treated as unaccompanied.

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Accommodation

Accommodated persons in the asylum system per ultimo period

Period 2007 2008 ultimo (by quarter)

Nationality ultimo 1. 2. 3. 4.
Children 93 79 88 85 87
Iraq Adults 455 473 452 430 419
Total 548 552 540 515 506
Children 32 35 32 35 51
Iran Adults 132 142 136 143 188
Total 164 177 168 178 239
Children 54 73 86 58 49
Russia Adults 72 94 95 86 83
Total 126 167 181 144 132
Children 24 20 13 10 5
Kosovo Adults 65 69 56 49 45
Total 89 89 69 59 50
Children 28 25 9 20 20
Syria Adults 61 59 53 64 71
Total 89 84 62 84 91
Children 21 23 22 46 89
Afghanistan Adults 59 75 85 101 144
Total 80 98 107 147 233
Children 16 16 15 15 14
Somalia Adults 60 54 52 47 49
Total 76 70 67 62 63
Children 9 9 9 5 6
Stateless Palestinians Adults 39 36 45 40 35
Total 48 45 54 45 41
Children 20 13 11 11 4
Bosnia-Herzegovina Adults 26 23 19 14 9
Total 46 36 30 25 13
Children 12 5 11 10 16
Serbia Adults 23 18 23 21 27
Total 35 23 34 31 43
Children 79 88 86 85 92
Others Adults 276 294 299 296 340
Total 355 382 385 381 432
Children 388 386 382 380 433
Total (excl. accomodated Iraqi
Adults 1,268 1,337 1,315 1,291 1,410
interpreters etc.)
Total 1,656 1,723 1,697 1,671 1,843
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Figures on asylum

Figures on asylum [Updated monthly]

Period 2007 (by quarter) Total

Category 1. 2. 3. 4. 2008
Asylum applications lodged in Denmark
(gross application figure) * 541 458 594 787 2,380
Total number of persons granted refugee
status or other status in Denmark (all types of
cases, all authorities) ** 235 326 397 483 1,441
- of which Geneva Convention 66 105 67 75 313
- of which Protection Status/ De facto Status 100 124 89 53 366
Number of refugees allocated to
municipalities in Denmark for integration (by
the Danish Immigration Service) 209 405 261 471 1,346

Number of accommodated asylum-seekers 1,843 1.843***

Asylum applications registered in Denmark
(processing figure) 251 237 203 260 951
Recognition rate in the first instance of
asylum applications registered and processed
in Denmark**** 49% 49%****

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Figures on asylum [Updated monthly]

Period Year Year Year Total Total

Category 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Asylum applications lodged in Denmark
(gross application figure) * 3,235 2,281 1,960 2,246 2,380
Total number of persons granted refugee
status or other status in Denmark (all types of
cases, all authorities) ** 1,592 1,147 1,095 1,278 1,441
- of which Geneva Convention 278 167 201 98 313
- of which Protection Status/ De facto Status 229 202 107 443 366
Number of refugees allocated to
municipalities in Denmark for integration (by
the Danish Immigration Service) 1,413 1,009 1,022 1,233 1,346

Number of accommodated asylum-seekers 3,736 2,465 1,934 1.802 *** 1.843***

Asylum applications registered in Denmark
(processing figure) 1,633 1,283 922 1,029 951
Recognition rate in the first instance of
asylum applications registered and processed
in Denmark**** 10% 17% 18% 56%**** 49%****

* Incl. 374 applications from Iraqi interpreters etc. in 2007 and 20 in 2008.

** Incl. 308 permits to Iraqi interpreters etc. in 2007, and 83 in 2008.

*** Ultimo December 2007 and ultimo December 2008 respectively.

Incl. 146 Iraqi interpreters etc. in 2007.

**** The recognition rate in the first instance is calculated as the share of positive decisions (Geneva
Convention, Protection Status and De facto Status) of the total number of decisions in asylum cases made
by the Danish Immigration Service during the given period. Only asylum applications registered and
processed in Denmark are included in the recognition rate.
The recognition rate is 30% excl. permits given to the Iraqi interpreters etc. in 2007 and 45% in the period
January - December 2008.

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