The most notable findings were: • 262 respondents have USSR passports: • 1,007 persons have foreign passports (see chart 2.1); • 2,337 children have foreign birth certificates (see table 6). Chart 2.1: Foreign passports Tajikistan Uzbekistan Kazakhstan Russia Georgia No indication Table 6 indicates the country of issue of foreign birth certificates. Most children with foreign birth certificates are from Tajikistan (88 percent): Table 6: Foreign birth certificates State issuing birth certificate Tajikistan Uzbekistan Kazakhstan Ukraine Russian Federation Azerbaijan TOTAL Number of children 2,059 207 38 3 28 2 2337 % 88.10% 8.86% 1.63% 0.13% 1.20% 0.09% 100.00% Respondents were asked to indicate which identity documents they possess, have never received, or have lost and, in the latter cases, why they did not try to restore or acquire the document. Tables 11 and 12 summarize the answers received. 88 persons had lost their 1974 USSR passports. Asked why they did not try to acquire a substitute, most respondents said that they did not approach the authorities or could not fulfill the requirement of being present in the relevant country. As far as other documents were concerned, most respondents did not apply to the authorities for restoration of documents. This might be because the migrants do not know whom to approach for help in document restora- 58 The Situation of Stateless Persons in the Kyrgyz Republic: Findings of Surveys Commissioned by the UNHCR