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Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 16-10-27
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[01] Cyprus has issued 15569 resident permits to non EU citizens in 2015
[01] Cyprus has issued 15569 resident permits to non EU citizens in 2015
CNA - Athanasios Athanasiou - Slovakia/Bratislava 27/10/2016 21:25
Cyprus has issued 15569 resident permits to non EU citizens in 2015,
18.4 for every 1000 permanent residents, of whom 2580 for family reasons
(16,6%), 2226 for education purposes (14.3%), 7337 for employment reasons
(47.1%) and 3426 (22.0%) for "other reasons", according to Eurostat.
Cyprus (47.1%) was among only six Member States, where the main reason
for issuing residence permits was employment, together with Poland (69.3%
of all residence permits issued in the Member State), Lithuania (53.9%)
and Slovenia (47.5%). Compared with the population of each Member State,
the highest rates of first resident permits issued in 2015 were recorded
in Malta (23.1 first residence permits issued per thousand population),
Cyprus (18.4), Poland (14.3) Sweden (11.3) and the United Kingdom
(9.7). In 2015, 5.1 first residence permits were issued per thousand
population in the EU.
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