Table 4: Asylum decisions (2012)7576 Decision Stateless Unknown Not known All nationalities76 Refugee 21 0 7 553 Subsidiary protection 7 0 2 670 Humanitarian protection 4 0 1 112 Other 1 0 3 266 GRANTS, TOTAL 33 0 13 1601 Rejection 2 0 7 666 Safe country of origin 0 0 0 18 Safe country of asylum 1 0 1 35 Dublin 10 0 11 571 Manifestly unfounded 0 0 2 448 REJECTIONS, TOTAL 13 0 21 1738 Annulled 5 0 2 441 GRANTS % 64,7% - 36,1% 42,6 % TOTAL ALL DECISIONS 51 0 36 3780 Source: Migri, http://www.migri.fi/about_us/statistics/statistics_on_asylum_and_refugees The proportion of positive decisions, i.e. grants of residence permits, for stateless persons has varied between 17.6% and 64.7 % during the past eight years. Most of the time there has not been a direct correlation between the percentages of grants generally and in respect of stateless persons; some years the percentage of grants for stateless persons has been higher than the general percentage of grants and sometimes lower. However, looking at the past eight years, the average percentage of grants for stateless persons is around the same as the general percentage of grants. 3. APPLICATIONS FOR AND GRANTS OF FINNISH NATIONALITY The number of applications for naturalization by stateless persons has remained quite steady during recent years and also correlate with the number of grants of Finnish nationality. The number of applications made by persons whose nationality is not known has significantly increased during the past couple of years which has also been reflected in increased numbers of grants. Also, grants for stateless persons and persons whose nationality is unknown significantly increased in 2012, as did the total number of grants for all nationalities. Compared to the total number of grants of Finnish nationality, the grants for stateless persons and persons of “unknown”/”not known” nationality has been around 1-2 % of the total number of grants each year. Table 5: Applications for Finnish nationality (2005-2012)77 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 201277 Stateless persons 51 58 49 49 37 39 37 39 Unknown 1 5 10 25 19 11 25 30 Not known 1 1 2 18 19 69 69 68 75 The tables specifying asylum decisions for the years 2005-2011 can be found in annex 1. 76 Total of all nationalities, including stateless persons and persons with not known/unknown nationality. 77 1 January 2012 – 30 September 2012. The total figures for 2012 were not readily available at the time of the completion of this report in November 2013. UNHCR STOCKHOLM, NOVEMBER 2014 21