MAPPING OF THE POPULATION AT RISK OF STATELESSNESS IN ALBANIA Other reasons mentioned are related to access to services and the socio-economic situation of the persons at risk. This includes parent’s divorce and negligence, children raised by relatives, blood feud, and intersex children. 5.2.3 Birth place distribution of persons at risk of statelessness Out of 1031 persons identified, 546 are born abroad, which represents 53 percent of the group of people identified by our survey. Of those born abroad, the distribution of data shows that 53% were born in Greece, followed by those born in Germany (29%) and then Kosovo (6%). As explained before, children of Albanian returnees face multiple challenges to having their children documented and their nationality confirmed. Figure 10: Country of Birth of Identified Persons at Risk of Statelessness Born Outside Albania It should be noted that while, on the one hand, only 22% of the persons identified through this mapping have declared their country of birth, on the other hand, 53% declared that the risk of statelessness is linked to the fact that they were born outside Albanian territory. This may indicate some weakness in data recording, but it does not invalidate the presumption that cross border birth registration is one of the main issues that will need to be addressed to solve statelessness in Albania. 5.3 Data sources For official statistics data, we can refer to the Institute of Statistics of the Republic of Albania (INSTAT). The most recent data is that gathered through the general population census conducted in 2011. This included the category of ‘unregistered persons’, containing 7,443 persons. There is not any further data available regarding the demographics of these individuals, except the gender distribution: 3,874 men 52 UNHCR - TLAS / May 2018