In 2019, 276,200 first residence permits were issued in the EU children (non-EU citizens) under the age of 15, for family reasons, according to Eurostat data released today.
This is a proportion of 504 per 100,000 EU child population under the age of 15. Among these children, 60% were under five years old.
The Member States that issued the largest number of residence permits to children outside the EU were Germany (61,500, or 22% of the total number of first residence permits issued in the EU), followed by Spain (55,300, or 20%), Italy (41,300, or 15%) and Sweden (24,400, or 9%). Residence permits were issued in Greece to 8,805 children outside the EU.
In relative terms, the ratio per 100,000 children under the age of 15 was twice the EU average in Sweden (1,339), Luxembourg (1,322) and Slovenia (1,257), while it was 50% higher in three other countries. -members: Belgium (897), Portugal (863) and Spain (798).
35% of non-EU children who received a first residence permit for family reasons were Asian nationals, 25% were African nationals, 23% were European nationals (outside the EU), 9% were from South and Central America and 3% were North Americans. The main country of citizenship in 2019 for children granted first residence in the EU were Morocco (12%), Syria (7%) and India (6%).
In terms of bilateral flows between Member States and third countries in 2019, most residence permits were recorded between Morocco and Spain (24,800 children), between Syria and Germany (12,700) and between Brazil and Portugal (6,900).
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