Table 8: Residence permits granted in 2015166
Permit Category
Stateless
Unknown
Nationality
Adoption
2
1
Subsidiary protection (alternativt
skyddsbehövande, Aliens Act 4: 2)
802
13
Labour market – Family reunification
54
28
Refugee – Family reunification
1,913
4
Students – Family reunification
2
13
Nationality under All
Investigation
Nationalities
155
25
18,461
10,023
11
16,251
1,348
Others – Family reunification
236
25
5
15,637
Children born in Sweden to parents with a
permanent residence permit
617
999
2
5,241
Labour market
26
1
1
16,975
EU/EEA
33
12
1
2,791
Students
7
4
Convention refugee (Aliens Act 4: 1)
2,148
12
3
13,552
10
12
1,588
Quota refugees
174
Particularly distressing circumstances
159
Temporary permits
82
Impediments to enforcement
32
Persons otherwise in need of protection
(Aliens Act 4: 2a)
172
TOTAL
6,459
9,410
1,880
183
45
26
752
229
1,167
86
114,476
In 2015 alone, a total of 6,459 residence permits were granted to stateless persons, which amounted to 5.6
per cent of the total number of residence permits granted.
The largest number of residence permits issued to stateless persons in 2015 were granted on grounds
relating to international protection. For example, 16 per cent of the persons granted Convention refugee
status and 4 per cent of those granted subsidiary protection under Section 4(2) of the Aliens Act were
stateless. A notable number of permits were also granted for the purpose of family reunification. Residence
permits for stateless persons were moreover granted for study and work purposes, though the numbers
were relatively small.
The number of residence permits granted to persons with “unknown” nationality was significantly lower
than the number of permits granted to stateless persons.
3.4.2.2 THE RIGHT TO WORK
As noted in Section 3.4.1, stateless persons who are “lawfully in” a State Party are entitled to engage in selfemployment (Article 18), while , according to Section 3.4.2, “lawfully staying” stateless persons should also
enjoy the right to work (Article 17), practice of a liberal profession (Article 19), and labour and social security
rights (Article 24).
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SMA statistics, available at: http://goo.gl/Wbu7ZU and email from the SMA, 30 September 2016.
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