Table
| 2012 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Labour | Family | Escape | Education | Other | Unknown reason for immigration | |
| 56 592 | 25 528 | 18 086 | 7 094 | 5 426 | 0 | 458 | |
| Europe except Turkey | 33 797 | 22 697 | 9 046 | 94 | 1 797 | 163 | 0 |
| Africa | 8 086 | 286 | 2 689 | 4 637 | 428 | 46 | 0 |
| Asia including Turkey | 11 617 | 1 621 | 4 874 | 2 169 | 2 706 | 247 | 0 |
| North America | 1 295 | 462 | 604 | 0 | 228 | 1 | 0 |
| South- og Central-Amerika | 1 216 | 284 | 700 | 2 | 229 | 1 | 0 |
| Oceania | 240 | 146 | 61 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| Stateless | 341 | 32 | 112 | 192 | 5 | 0 | 0 |