Statelessness & Citizenship Review
2019
1(1)
APPENDIX
Table 1: Cases of Statelessness
Case Type
Pre-Independence
1
2
Issues with documentation, evidence or
proof of entitlement to citizenship (not
including abandoned or adopted
children)
3
Mixed marriages; lack of marriage
registration; no marriage
4
Abandoned or adopted children
5
Indigenous Persons
6
Migrants and Refugees
Told By
Lawyers
NGOs
Total
Stateless persons
Paralegals
Lawyers
Academic
NGO
Total
Stateless persons
Lawyers
NGOs
Total
Stateless persons
Lawyers
NGOs
Total
Paralegal
Academic
Total
Stateless persons
Academics
NGOs
Total
TOTAL
Number
2
2
4
5
1
3
1
1
11
8
10
2
20
3
5
7
15
1
1
2
2
2
4
8
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Table 2: Stateless Persons Interviewed
Anonymous
Indicator
1S
2S
Circumstances
leading to
statelessness
Chinese father had
second
relationship (no
marriage) with
Filipino woman.
Mother lost
identity documents
(from preindependence)
3S
Adopted
4S
Child born before
marriage
Parents
Chinese father
with Malaysian
citizenship and
Filipino mother.
Malaysian
citizens of Indian
Tamil descent
Only knows birth
mother is Filipino.
Adopted parents
both Malaysian
citizens.
Malaysian father
of Indian-Tamil
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How person
discovered
stateless
13 years old when
applying for IC
Ethnicity
Has always known
but tried to rectify
when 24 years old
when tried to
register her own
birth and obtain
birth certificate
12 years old when
applying for IC.
Indian-Tamil.
Parents knew since
birth due to
Indian-Tamil
and Indonesian.
ChineseFilipino.
Malay.