2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
Total
2001-2018
59
49
39
22
15
13
1285
5
4
0
1
3
1
102
2
0
0
0
1
0
11
269
183
185
147
136
133
3100
58
40
16
18
35
26
3115
5
2
2
3
5
8
114
Source: Data accessed through the data tool based upon analyses by TRAC at Syracuse University of court
records obtained from EOIR using the Freedom of Information Act. Retrieved on March 25, 2019.
Between 2011 and 2016, USCIS received 818 affirmative asylum cases involving stateless persons
(USCIS, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016). In addition, 127 cases with Yugoslavian nationality,
applied affirmatively for asylum. Attachment F provides annual figures of affirmative asylum
applications filed and cases completed from 2011 to 2016 for these two groups.
Table 6. Affirmative Asylum Cases received by USCIS, 2011-2016
Calendar Year
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
Total 2011-2016
Stateless
95
68
86
107
202
260
818
Yugoslavia
22
27
28
21
21
8
127
Source: USCIS (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016).
On June 30, 2018, ICE had in its custody 21 detainees with unknown nationality, six from the
former Soviet Union, and two from Yugoslavia (TRAC, 2019d). On September 30, 2012, ICE had
in custody 15 detainees of unknown nationality, 15 from the former Soviet Union, and 13 from
Yugoslavia (ICE 2012).
With the support of UNHCR, a number of countries have attempted to map statelessness within
their borders. UNHCR-sponsored mapping projects have been carried out in Austria (UNHCR
2017a), Belgium (UNHCR 2012), Estonia (UNHCR 2016), Finland (UNHCR 2014a), Iceland (UNHCR
2014b), Lithuania (UNHCR 2016a), Malta (UNHCR 2014c), Norway (UNHCR 2015b), Sweden
(UNHCR 2016b), the Netherlands (UNHCR 2011a), and the United Kingdom (UNHCR and Asylum
Aid 2011). With the possible exception of the UK, these nations lack the diversity of the US
foreign-born population. All of them also have far smaller foreign-born populations than the
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