provides data to Statistics Denmark regarding annual numbers of residence permits granted, asylum-seekers, and other information, which will be used throughout this section.79 The number and types of residence permits granted to stateless persons over the period 2010-2017 is indicated in Figure 12 below. Figure 12: Number of residence permits granted per type, 2010-2017 Stateless 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Asylum 12 237 249 413 571 919 557 185 Family reunification 57 49 46 54 201 888 411 202 EU residence certificate or card 6 9 3 5 6 8 7 6 Working permit 12 14 12 13 13 11 3 7 Education 6 6 2 2 1 10 14 11 Other reasons 0 0 4 8 12 37 30 88 Total 93 315 316 495 804 1,873 1,022 499 All applicants 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Asylum 2,124 2,249 2,583 3,889 6,104 10,849 74,93 2,749 Family reunification 4,768 2,902 3,170 5,112 5,727 11,645 7,679 7,017 EU residence certificate or card 25,361 27,395 35,415 37,366 37,166 38,306 Working permit 10,851 9,389 9,024 11,529 12,436 11,682 12,903 12,750 Education 11,863 10,550 10,652 11,601 12,144 12,658 14,291 15,300 642 494 494 404 516 493 470 775 Other reasons Total 30,059 32,027 55,609 52,979 55,982 64,562 72,342 84,693 80,002 76,897 Source: SD (Residence permits (year) by type of residence permit and citizenship (VAN66), recorded ultimo each year 2010-2017) Three main conclusions can be drawn from Figure 12. First, the figure illustrates a large increase in the total number of residence permits granted to stateless persons, with a notable increase occurring between 2010 (93 permits) and 2011 (315 permits) from where the amount has gradually increased leading to the grant of 1,873 permits in 2015. It can also be seen from the figure that this increase was mainly driven by a rise in the number of permits granted to stateless asylum-seekers, jumping from 12 in 2010 to 919 in 2015, from which the amount decreased to the level of 185 granted permits in 2017. This shift partially mirrors the rise in the total number of residence permits granted to all asylum-seekers (2,124 in 2010 and 10,489 in 2015). Secondly, reflecting the large increase in the number of residence permits granted to asylum-seekers since 2011, the figure indicates a significant shift in composition of permits granted. While in 2010, 61.3 percent of all residence permits (57 permits) were granted to stateless persons on the grounds of family reunification, between 2011 and 2016 the majority of the residence permits have been granted for asylum-seekers. The peak was reached in 2013 when out of the total 495 residence permits granted to stateless persons, the majority (413 permits, or 83 percent) 79 26 It must be stressed that due to the wrongful registrations discussed in Section 2.1, the data collected prior 2011 is somewhat flawed. Only since the attention paid to the issue in 2011 can registration include ‘stateless’ and not only ‘national of country of origin’. Re-registration therefore causes an increase in the number of stateless persons since 2011. All the same, the data reflect that the distribution of residence permits granted to stateless persons deviate from the overall distribution of permits. This is acknowledged in the Danish Immigration Service, ‘Statistical Overview: Migration and Asylum 2011’ (English version), p. 9. Mapping Statelessness in Denmark