For the purposes of this analysis those who have been granted ‘convention’ status as refugees, as well as those who have been granted temporary protection status (though the nature of this status differs between the states), following Denmark and Sweden’s response to the refugee ‘crisis’ of 2015-2016, are to be included.6 However, those who have been granted protection on humanitarian grounds are not included as the focus of this article is the relationship between those who are both refugees and stateless under international law. This distinction has been made for analytical reasons, but should not be read that stateless people who have been granted protection on humanitarian grounds do not face similar problems in having their statelessness accurately assessed, recorded or in finding solutions to their statelessness. Denmark and Sweden do partially assess nationality, or lack thereof, during the assessment of asylum claims. As will be discussed below, this assessment is not comprehensive, transparent or based on clear law or policy in either state. Despite this, a large number of asylum seekers in both countries have been identified as being stateless, or a variation thereof. In 2015 and the first half of 2016, Denmark received 1,837 asylum applications from stateless people, or people whose nationality was ‘not stated’ Uoplyst, amounting to 9.4% of the total asylum applications (Statistics Denmark, 2017). In 2015 alone Sweden received 9,266 asylum seekers who were recorded as either stateless, stateless Palestinians, or of ‘unknown citizenship’ Okänt medborgarskap or ‘citizenship under investigation’ Under utredning - 5.7% of the total asylum applications (Statistics Sweden, 2017). The Identification and Resolution of Statelessness Amongst Refugees in Denmark The Identification of the Statelessness of Refugees in the Asylum Procedure The Danish Immigration Service (DIS) is the responsible authority for processing applications for asylum claims. There is no legislation detailing how statelessness should be determined by the DIS, or procedural guidelines or safeguards to do so. During the procedure, statelessness or citizenship is however assessed to a certain extent. While a refugee can be catergorised as being stateless or having nationality ‘not stated’ Uoplyst, this is not to be considered a ‘status’ affording the individual any protection or the right of residence. which he or she has previously had his or her usual place of residence and - is unable or, because of fear, unwilling to return there.” 6 It should be noted that temporary protection has been issued to other refugees during other ‘crises’ in the past.