Residence permits issued to non-EU citizens in 2009: For family reunification, employment and education

"In 2009, EU Member States issued about 2.3 million new residence permits to third country nationals, i.e. to non-EU citizens, a number that represents a decline of about 0.2 million compared with 2008. About 660 000 new permits, that is 28.2 % of the EU total, were granted for reasons related to family, 646 000 (27.6 %) for employment and 510 000 (21.8%) for education purposes. Compared with 2008, the number of new permits issued for employment (which was the main reason in 2008) fell by 142 000. Also the number of permits issued for family reasons fell between 2008 and 2009, but to a lesser extent (-26 000), while permits for education increased by 53 000. The EU Member State that granted the largest number of permits was the UK (671 000), followed by Italy (507 000), Spain (291 000) and France (193 000). Compared to the size of the resident population, however, the highest relative number of permits was issued by Cyprus (32.0 permits for every 1000 residents). At EU level, the groups of third country nationals who received the most authorisations to reside in EU Member States were Indians (191 000), followed by US citizens (175 000), Chinese (171 000) and Moroccans (158 000). The highest number of permits for family reasons was granted to Moroccans (78 000), while the highest number of permits related to education was granted to Chinese (73 000) and the highest number of permits for employment purposes to Indians (65 000)." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku). Die Untersuchung enthält quantitative Daten. Forschungsmethode: empirisch-quantitativ; empirisch. Die Untersuchung bezieht sich auf den Zeitraum 2008 bis 2009.