4.1 Stateless persons in the statistics of the Czech Ministry of the Interior
4.1.1 Foreigners with a residence permit
Statistical data on stateless persons with a residence permit in the Czech Republic are publicly available from
2007 onwards.83 Stateless persons are assigned the nationality code of “stateless person” (in Czech: “osoba bez
státní přísl.”); they may also be found under the code “XXX – not declared or unknown country” (in Czech: XXX –
“neuvedený nebo neznámý stát”). During some years, the code “not identified” (in Czech: “nezjištěno”) has also
been used. A special category of stateless persons is further represented by persons statistically classified under
the code of Palestinian nationality.
Figure 1 shows the number of stateless persons and persons with undeclared or unknown nationality in the Czech
Republic. When comparing the years under review, there are two instances where a significant increase in the
number of stateless persons can be identified – one is at the end of 2008 (by almost a quarter) and the other, at
the end of 2011 (by about one-fifth). The largest year-on-year decrease in the number of stateless persons with
a residence permit occurred in 2014, by one-eighth of the total number (See Table 2). From the entire monitored
period, men were more represented than women, with a ratio of approximately 60:40.
Figure 1: Number
of stateless
persons
withwith
a valid
residence
permit,
persons
not identified
and persons with
Number
of stateless
persons
a valid
residence
permit,
persons
not identified
undeclared or unknown country in the years 2007 – 2018 (as of 31 Dec; as of 30 Jun 2018)
and persons with undeclared or unknown country in the years 2007 – 2018
1000
800
600
400
200
0
461
2007
569
598
628
2008
2009
2010
750
763
735
2011
2012
2013
637
584
561
536
522
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
nezjištěno
XXX - neuvedený nebo neznámý stát
Počet osob bez státní přísl ušnosti s povoleným k pobytu
Source: MoI CZ – Third-country nationals with a registered residence permit in the Czech Republic and foreign nationals from
the EU plus Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and Liechtenstein with a registered residence in the Czech Republic in the years
2011–2018; Foreign Police Statistics for 2007 – 2010.
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All data presented below are taken from statistical sheets published as of 31 December of the given year (except for 2018, for which data
are as of 30 June).
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