Until 2011, when processing an application for asylum in Denmark, the Danish Immigration Service determined, whether the applicant fell into the category of “stateless Palestinians” or of “other stateless persons”.82 The total number of “spontaneous asylum applications”,83 received by the Danish Immigration Service from 2009-2016, is outlined below. Figure 14: Spontaneous asylum applications (processing figure 2006-2016)84 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Stateless 45 23 41 45 29 133 87 351 807 924 1,266 – Stateless Palestinians 40 17 30 43 26 32 - - - - - – Other stateless 5 6 11 2 3 101 - - - - - Total 922 1,029 951 2,022 2,844 3,600 3,336 5,144 Stateless as share of total 4.9% 2.2% 4.3% 2.2% 1.0% 3.7% 2.6% 6.8% 85 10,192 10,472 12,722 3.7% 8.5% 9.9% Sources: IS (Statistical Overview, Migration and Asylum 2011, 36) and SD (Asylum-seekers by citizenship and type of asylum (VAN5) 2006-2016) Spontaneous asylum applications, processing figure, 2006-2016 1,200 1,000 800 600 400 200 0 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 ■ Stateless total ■ Stateless Palestinians ■ Other Statelles 82 An application for asylum in Denmark can, as a rule, only be made by a person in Denmark. During the processing of the case, the asylumseeker is assigned to an accommodation center in Denmark. See information on applying for asylum on New to Denmark, available at: http://www.nyidanmark.dk/en-us/coming_to_dk/asylum/asylum_process/applying_for_asylum.htm. 83 A spontaneous asylum-seeker is a person who applies for asylum in Denmark without already holding a residence permit (such as a family reunification residence permit). See frequently asked questions on seeking asylum on New to Denmark, available at: http://www.nyidanmark.dk/en-us/faq/asylum.htm. 84 Processing figures only cover “registered spontaneous asylum-seekers”. A registered spontaneous asylum-seeker is a person who has entered Denmark and applied for asylum, and whose application Denmark has agreed to process (c.f. the Dublin Convention). Ibid. 85 Until 2011, the Danish Immigration Service reported the number of spontaneous asylum applications in its annual ‘Statistical Overview’ publications. In its publications from 2012 and 2013, however, the Danish Immigration Service has not reported these figures. For these years, accordingly, the table draws on data from Statistics Denmark, which does not allow for a decomposition into ‘Stateless Palestinians’ and ‘Other stateless’. UNHCR Representation for the Nordic and Baltic Countries 29