INTRODUCTION
In order to identify de facto and de jure stateless persons and major problems related to statelessness, the Representation of the UNHCR in the Kyrgyz Republic commissioned CounterpartSheriktesh to conduct a survey among migrants in Issykata, Moskovskiy and Jaiyl districts of
Chuy province.
The survey was conducted with the help of other local NGOs between 1 August 2007 and 5 October 2007 in these three districts which all have significant numbers of migrants from Tajikistan
and Uzbekistan. From 1 - 28 August, the non-governmental organization (NGO) Sairon assisted
in the polling in Issykata district. The Civic Society Support Centre in Karabalta helped to interview migrant residents of Jaiyl district between 3 September and 5 October, and the NGO Help
Refugees conducted interviews in Moskovskiy district between 3 and 27 September.
A total of 854 families were surveyed: 384 from Issykata district, 304 from Jaiyl district, and 166
from Moskovskiy district. The total number of persons interviewed, including all family members,
was 2,844. In order to know more about their living conditions, respondents were questioned
about their socio-economic situation and if they possessed certain identity documents, and
asked what kind of problems they regularly face.
The first part of this report analyses general data and the socio-economic situation of interviewed heads of household and their families. The second part reports on the availability of
basic identity documents, while the final part relates the needs that interviewed migrants expressed. This report was prepared by Counterpart-Sheriktesh’s consultant Aman Nusupov and
coordinator Asel Kekebaeva on the basis of the above-mentioned interviews.
General data on households
and their heads
Gender and age characteristics: There are an almost equal number of men and women
among the respondents of this survey: 1,418 men and 1,408 women were interviewed. The
dominant age groups are 7-18 years (25 percent) and 19-40 years (39 percent) .
Chart 1.1: Age distribution of respondents
1-6; 10%
Not stated; 2%
60 and
older;
4%
7-18;
25%
1-6
7-18
19-40
41-60
41-60;
20%
60 and older
19-40;
39%
38
Not indicated
The Situation of Stateless Persons in the Kyrgyz Republic: Findings of Surveys Commissioned by the UNHCR