Table 6 indicates the number of stateless persons refused entry to Norway in 2011, and the reasons for
refusal.
Table 6: Entry refusal for stateless persons (by reason, 2011)81
Reasons
Lack of
funding
Stated purpose
unlikely
No passport/
visa
No permit Convicted
Other
Total
Stateless
4
3
11
1
–
–
19
Total number of
decisions made
298
182
182
81
30
101
874
Table 7 indicates the number of decisions to deport stateless persons in 2011 and the reasons for the
deportation. As indicated, a total of 137 decisions were taken to deport stateless persons. The reasons for
deportation were violations of the Immigration Act (86 decisions) and violations of the Penal Code (50
decisions). Deportation decisions where the person of concern is stateless comprise 4.4 percent of all
deportation decisions.
Table 7: Deportation decision affecting stateless persons (by reason, 2011)82
Reason for deportation
Total
EEA rules
Violation of Violation of
Penal Code Immigration Act
Other
reasons
Stateless
137
–
50
86
1
Total number of persons who received
a deportation decision in 2011
3,143
635
794
1,713
1
As Table 8 shows, in 2011, 157 stateless persons without legal stay in Norway returned voluntarily or were
forcibly returned by the police. Of these 157 persons, 70 returned voluntarily. Table 8 also contains a
breakdown of the reasons for the decisions on deportation.
Table 8: Voluntary and forced returns of stateless persons (2011)83
Voluntary,
assisted
return
Forced return (removed by police)
Asylum application
rejected
Dublin
decisions*
Other
reasons**
Total
Stateless
70
56
89
12
157
Total number of persons who returned
voluntarily, or forcibly, in 2011
1,812
1,482
1,503
1,759
4,744
* P eople whose asylum applications have been processed in another Schengen country, or whose asylum applications
should be processed in another Schengen country according to the Dublin II Regulation.
** P eople who have been refused entry to Norway or deported from Norway, including people who have been convicted of a crime.
Statistics on the number of stateless persons who, in 2011, were assisted to voluntarily return are consistent
with statistics provided by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Norway, which assists
applicants to return voluntarily to the country of origin or country of former habitual residence. According
22
81
UDI, Annual Report 2011, Table 12: Entry refusal decisions according to citizenship and basis.
82
UDI, Annual Report 2011, Table 13: Deportation decisions according to citizenship and basis.
83
UDI, Annual Report 2011, Table 20: Voluntary and forced returns.
M A P P I N G STAT E L E S S N E S S I N N O RWAY