The data show that another 2.111 residence permits were issued in Cyprus for family reasons and another 1.444 permits for educational purposes.
Lithuania holds the largest percentage of licenses issued for employment purposes in Europe with 66,2%, followed by Poland with 58% of the total number of licenses issued. According to the European Statistical Office, employment was the main reason for issuing residence permits to foreigners and to other European Union countries.
Compared to the population of each Member State, in 2014 the highest percentages of residence permits issued were recorded in Malta and were 23,2 residence per thousand inhabitants. They are followed by Cyprus with 16,2 permits, Sweden with 11,1 permits, Poland with 9,4 and the United Kingdom with 8,8 residence permits.
Poland was by far the first destination for work permits as 206.200 permits were issued while the United Kingdom (177.200 permits) was the main destination in the EU for education-related reasons. In sixteen Member States, the largest number of permits were issued for family reasons, with the highest rates being observed in Croatia and Austria (57,8% of all residence permits issued in a Member State), Luxembourg (57,6%). ), Greece (56,3%), Spain (53,5%), Belgium (52,7%) and Slovenia (51,6%).
In 2014, citizens of Ukraine (302.800 beneficiaries, or 13,1% of the total number of new residence permits issued in the EU) continued to receive the largest number of permits, followed by citizens of the United States (199.200, or 8,6 %), China (169.700, or 7,4%) and India (134.900, or 5,8%).
Source: The Liberal