importance on the applicant’s personal situation. According to the Ministry’s practice, a humanitarian residence permit may be granted to persons who suffer from a physical or a mental illness of a very serious nature, for example life-threatening diseases and incurable mental disorders, who cannot receive the necessary medical treatment in their home country, as well as persons who, upon return to a home country with difficult living conditions, will be at risk of developing or experiencing a worsening of a severe disability. According to the practice of the Ministry, there is a possibility of granting a residence permit on humanitarian grounds based on the applicant’s long stay in Denmark. Section 9 b, subsection 1, of the Danish Aliens Act does not allow for granting humanitarian residence permits to groups of persons, since it is prescribed in the preparatory works that a humanitarian residence permit can only be granted on the basis of a concrete assessment of a case. A/HRC/13/39/Add.6 61 The Ministry’s ruling regarding a humanitarian residence permit is final and cannot be appealed. If an asylum seeker receives a final rejection, he/she must leave Denmark immediately, but will be granted adequate time to prepare for departure. In this connection, authorities will show due consideration to a rejected asylum seeker who is suffering from acute illness, is in an advanced stage of pregnancy, or has given birth shortly