Chart 4: Which agency was approached for legalization? Police (Passport department) Migration service Government agencies Local administrations Applications with positive results 148 3 0 0 Applications with negative results 1428 7 37 259 Families of stateless persons All interviewed permanent residents of the Kyrgyz Republic (possessing a USSR passport) and the vast majority of stateless persons in general (4,165 of 4,290 respondents) live in the Kyrgyz Republic with their families. Only 3 per cent of interviewed persons did not have any relatives in the country. The problem of statelessness therefore also affects, directly or indirectly, their family members – 14,471 individuals. Information on the legal status of 12,929 of them was also collected during the survey.* Table 1. The legal status (civil affiliation) of family members of stateless persons Family members and their status Number of the interCitizens of viewed SPs the Kyrgyz Republic 4290 5267 Total Aliens 297 stateless persons 1278 Children of stateless persons unknown 6087 1542 18761 As indicated in this table, a significant number of respondents’ close relatives (5,267 individuals) possess Kyrgyz Republic passports. However, the issue of statelessness also affects them be- 22 * Since the problem of dependants was only identified during the course of the survey, at first respondents were not asked about the legal status of their family members. The legal status of 1,542 family members thus remains unknown. The Situation of Stateless Persons in the Kyrgyz Republic: Findings of Surveys Commissioned by the UNHCR