Issuance from non-States parties to the 1951 Refugee Convention Looking beyond the States parties to the 1951 Refugee Convention, only one country (Cuba) is providing a machine readable travel document to refugees in the form of a certificate of identity and travel. A further 31 countries do not offer any kind of travel document to refugees, and 14 countries lack survey responses. Issuance from the ICAO Member States Of the 193 ICAO Member States, this amounts to 43 per cent not providing any type of machine readable travel document to refugees, along with a deficit of data for 14 per cent of countries. Linking the survey results to population figures on UNHCR’s refugee data finder, at least 17 million refugees are hosted in a country that does not issue any type of machine readable refugee travel document. This highlights the need for continued advocacy, capacity building and stakeholder support so that States can issue travel documents for refugees aligned to ICAO standards. 4. Travel documents for stateless persons Similar to refugee travel documents, travel documents for stateless persons facilitate their access to opportunities and empower their inclusion in a global society. The types of travel documents for stateless persons correspond to the above categories listed under refugee travel documents. Compliance for States parties to the 1954 Statelessness Convention There are 99 States parties to the 1954 Statelessness Convention. UNHCR observed 35 States parties which are issuing machine readable CTDs (MRCTDs) to stateless persons, continuing the lower compliance trend when compared to MRCTDs to refugees. An additional 10 countries provided a different type of machine readable travel document, often a foreigner passport. This represents a larger share (10 per cent vs. 5 per cent) than observed in MRCTDs for refugees. Only one country which is party to the 1954 Convention issues a manual type of travel document to stateless people. 35% of States parties are issuing MRCTDs to stateless persons Compliance gap in MRCTD issuance by States parties: at least 47%* * Survey data lacking from seven States parties, and an additional 46 States do not issue any type of travel document. Figure 3 | Categories of Travel Documents issued by the 99 States parties to the 1954 Statelessness Convention 4