Table 2: Population Groups at Risk of Statelessness in the Dominican Republic, 2021 Profile Number of people Number of people who have still not managed to reacquire their Dominican nationality Group A 61,0494 26,1025 34,947 Group B 7,1476 7997 6,348 Group “B2” 9 23,700 0 23,700 Descendants of mixed couples, with one Dominican progenitor and the other of Haitian descent, without a birth certificate from any country 25,64510 0 25,645 Total 117,541 26,901 90,640 8 In sum, the population at risk of statelessness in 2021 in the Dominican Republic is made up of various population groups. As can be seen in the table below, it is estimated that approximately 90,640 people remain in this condition.45678 Far from having resolved the statelessness crisis, the timid implementation of Law 169-14 and indefinite deferral of decision on pending applications threaten to deepen the crisis. Babies continue to be born, and undocumented and/or stateless mothers will not be able to obtain birth registration for them, perpetuating the intergenerational transmission of statelessness along the matrilineal line (Petrozziello 2019). The National Immigrant Survey ENI-2017’s complementary study on descendants of immigrants in the DR summarizes the situation as follows: Source: JCE list, August 2020. It is important to mention that there are people from Group A whose birth records have not yet been audited by the JCE and, therefore, are not yet part of this official list. Some people may also have died. 5. Source: Statistic provided by the JCE as of August 2020. 6. Source: Information published by the Ministry of the Interior and Police (MIP) on the number of people approved. This figure includes the 588 people reported to have completed their applications before September 30, 2019. 7. Source: Decree No. 297-21 that grants ordinary Dominican naturalization to several foreigners. G. O. No. 11018 of April 30, 2021 and Decree 262-20 of July 2020. 8. The categorization refers to the group of stateless people, with the same profile as group B, who did not apply during the 180day period in which application was allowed in 2014 and 2015 4. Number of people who have managed to reacquire their Dominican nationality Although Dominican laws are now clear regarding the right or not to Dominican nationality of the descendants of immigrants, the social reality is different; and the possibility of a significant increase in the number of children born and raised in the Dominican Republic who will never have Dominican documentation because they are descendants of parents with irregular immigration status is very real (UNFPA 2018: 43, our translation from the Spanish).910 In addition to violating the child’s right to a name and a nationality, this prevents the country from meeting target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals, which promises to “provide legal identity for all, including birth registration.” National Regularization Plan for Foreigners Just as the lack of national documentation has a direct impact on the assistance that people receive, so does 9. Source: National Statistics Office, National Survey of Immigrants 2017 (ENI-2017). The survey estimated that the descendant population with both parents of Haitian origin, born in the country before the entry into force of the Constitution on January 26, 2010, amounted to 86,769 people, of which more than 23,700 lack a birth certificate. Between 2015 and 2019, UNHCR carried out a biometric registration exercise of the population that had not applied under Law 169-14, managing to identify some 11,100 people with this profile. 10. Source: Statistical projections based on ENI-2017. 18 Research Brief: COVID-19 Impacts on Haitian Migrants and their Descendants on the Southern Border of the D.R.