• No CTD/RTDs In some cases, countries may not yet issue any type of travel document to refugees. Such environments, particularly in States with significant refugee populations, can contribute to irregular movements, barriers in accessing a solution, exploitation and unsafe practices. Compliance for States parties to the 1951 Refugee Convention Of the 149 States parties to the 1951 Refugee Convention, 79 countries issue machine readable CTDs (MRCTDs) to refugees. of countries are fulfilling their obligation to issue MRCTDs to refugees. 53%* An additional five countries issue other machine readable travel documents to refugees (MRTDs), such as Brazil and Angola which issue a foreigner passport to refugees. While the Expert Compliance gap in Roundtable Summary Conclusions offer that non-States parties MRCTD issuance by could issue machine readable travel documents, such as foreign States Parties: passports or certificates of identity, with protection safeguards for refugees and stateless persons, further examination is needed in at least this area particularly when such documents are utilized by States *Data unreported for 13 countries. parties. For this reason, Figure 2 below has labeled MRTDs as “needs review” when assessing compliance. For the remainder, 16 countries still exceptionally issue a non-ICAO-compliant manual type of CTD, and 36 countries do not issue refugee travel documents. 35% Figure 1 | Categories of Travel Documents issued by the 149 States parties to the 1951 Refugee Convention Figure 2 | Percentage of the 149 States parties to the 1951 Refugee Convention and their compliance in issuing MRCTDs 3