SURGE Capacity Project Researcher: Brian Barbour SURGE Capacity Project Coordinator: Aeriel Gonzales (UNHCR) Report Writing: Brian Barbour, Aeriel Gonzales (UNHCR), Meriam Faith Palma (UNHCR), Maria Ermina Valdeavilla-Gallardo (UNHCR), Maria Louella Gamboa (UNHCR) Layout Design: Maria Jorica Pamintuan (UNHCR) Data Collection: April to December 2020 Report Layout and Final Editing: May to September 2021 CON TAC T U S Protection Unit Manila UNHCR Philippines Tel.: +632 8817 2398 Fax: +632 8817 4057 Email: phimapro@unhcr.org COVER PHOTOGRAPH: A child from a bunkhouse in Kidapawan City, North Cotabato in Southern Philippines where some of the Persons of Indonesian Descent (PID) work for milling companies in the area. PID is one of the State-identified populations at risk of statelessness in the Philippines. © UNHCR/Roger Arnold