Refugee Appeals Board and the Immigration Appeals Board.182 If the Immigration Appeals Board rejects an appeal,
its decision may, in accordance with Section 63 in the Danish Constitutional Act (1953) be brought before a court of
justice that is empowered to decide on any question relating to the scope of the executive’s authority. In addition,
the Parliamentary Ombudsman may examine such a case. The same does not apply to decisions made by the
Refugee Appeals Board. Pursuing to section 56 (8) of the Danish Aliens Act, this board’s decisions are final, which
means that they are not subject to judicial review. This has been established by the Supreme Court that concluded
that the board is an expert board of a quasi-judicial nature and that deliberations of courts are limited to points of
law.183
3.3.2.4 Other procedural aspects: developments after 2011
In 2011, as part of the increased focus on statelessness, the Danish Immigration Service developed a new application
form to be used by foreigners who claim that their personal data, including information on their nationality or
statelessness have been registered incorrectly in the Danish Immigration Service’s registers.184 In parallel, all
forms relating to the extension of a residence permit have been revised to include information on how to correct
wrongfully registered personal data.185
Furthermore, the Danish Immigration Service disseminated information on statelessness to relevant authorities,
including to all case officers in the Danish Immigration Service dealing with residence permits, and to the police,
and municipalities. In particular, efforts were made to strengthen knowledge of statelessness at NUC processing
the initial asylum registration, and among caseworkers in the Danish Immigration Service who process applications
for asylum.186
During this awareness-raising process, the Danish Immigration Service and DIHR held a number of meetings,
including a meeting with the CPR aiming at ensuring correct registration of a person’s statelessness. The CPR has
subsequently informed the municipalities of measures to be taken to ensure correct registrations. In addition, the
Danish Immigration Service and DIHR held an information meeting on statelessness with lawyers who specialize
in aliens’ law and who regularly meet with the Danish Immigration Service in what is known as the Advocate
Forum. Further, the Danish Immigration Service has published information on its website about registration of
statelessness and about how to get incorrect registrations corrected.187 Also, posters and leaflets on statelessness
have been published and made available for use by public authorities, in order to raise awareness about the
statelessness issue.
As part of a targeted campaign in 2012, the Danish Immigration Service informed persons who mistakenly might
have been registered as nationals of a foreign country, when in fact they were stateless, about the possibility
of getting incorrect registrations corrected. Between February and May 2012, letters with this information were
sent to persons from groups with a high incidence of statelessness, more specifically to 4,036 persons from
Syria, Myanmar and Bhutan who had been granted a residence permit in Denmark in the years 2000–2011.188
Subsequently, the Danish Immigration Service received applications for re-registration as a stateless person in
large numbers, many comprising both the applicant and the applicant’s family members. Applicants from all three
182
The Refugee Appeals Board is the competent authority in cases where the applicant has applied for/been granted a residence permit
based on the Aliens Act section 7, 8 or 9 c, stk. 2 or 3 (asylum) and the Immigration Appeals Board is the competent authority in other
cases, cf. Act no 188 of 27/02/2017 changing the Aliens Act at https://www.retsinformation.dk/Forms/R0710.aspx?id=186789.
183
See the general information about the board at: https://bit.ly/30WbpX4
184
The application form for modification of personal data is available at: https://bit.ly/2CL8zwf.
185
See application forms for extension of residence permits, available at: https://bit.ly/39xIJHK, where the following is stated on ‘modification
of personal data’: If you believe that your personal data (e.g. nationality/citizenship or date of birth) is incorrectly registered with the
Danish Immigration Service’s records, you can use form PE1 to seek modification of your data.
186
Among other things, the DIHR has held meetings etc. for employees in the Danish Immigration Service.
187
For information about the change of incorrect personal data, see Registration of personal information in the Immigration Service on New
to Denmark, 5 December 2017, available at: https://bit.ly/3f4nmza.
188
Note from the Danish Immigration Service, 16 November 2011. See also a press release on New to Denmark: ‘Orienteringsbreve om
mulighed for omregistrering af statsborgerskab’, 21 February 2012, available at: https://bit.ly/3hI5X0H.
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