therefore arose from the formation of new States following the breakup of the SFRY (as illustrated in the case of Mr Hoti14). 19. In 1991 and 1992, Croatia provided an opportunity to foreigners residing on the territory to register their residence and acquire the status of foreigners with permanent residence. This process also assumed that this group held the nationality of another country (in most cases other Republics of the Former Yugoslavia). Many did not hold the nationality of another State, resulting in cases of statelessness. Minorities disproportionately affected by risk of statelessness 20. The exclusion and discrimination faced by the Roma National Minority in Croatia is well documented.15 The national census in 2011 reported a population of 16,985 Roma in Croatia.16 However, the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance of the Council of Europe (ECRI) estimates the real number to be between 30,000 and 40,000.17 21. Many Romani families in Croatia have histories of migration and displacement, including from other former Yugoslav Republics, and many still lack identity documents. Although there is no accurate data, ECRI reports that it is estimated that there are at least 500 stateless Roma and at least 1000 Roma at risk of being stateless in Croatia.18 22. In 2019, in the framework of the European Union, Croatia presented its second Action Plan for Roma Inclusion (2019–2020,19 implementing the National Strategy for Roma Inclusion (2013–2020). The only strategic area in the Action Plan that has not been allocated any financial resources is “Status rights regulations”. Nevertheless, the Action Plan foresees under this theme the formation of mobile teams to solve the legal status issues facing undocumented Roma at risk of statelessness. However, as noted by ECRI in its report, these teams were actually formed by the Ministry of Interior in 2014 but have yet to be operationalised. 20 The Action Plan does not include any new, concrete, resourced measures to address the legal status issues still faced by many Roma in Croatia. 14https://www.statelessness.eu/blog/hoti-v-croatia-landmark-decision-european-court-human-rights-residencerights-stateless-person. 15 See for example, European Roma Rights Centre: http://www.errc.org/what-wedo?country=53&code=croatia#country-results 16 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011, Population by Citizenship, Ethnicity, Religion and Mother Tongue: https://www.dzs.hr/Hrv_Eng/publication/2012/SI-1469.pdf 17 ECRI REPORT ON CROATIA (third monitoring cycle), 2018: https://rm.coe.int/fifth-report-oncroatia/16808b57be. 18 ibid., para. 71 19 Action Plan for Roma Inclusion for period 2019 – 2020: https://vlada.gov.hr/sjednice/176-sjednica-vladerepublike-hrvatske-26596/26596. 20 ECRI REPORT ON CROATIA (third monitoring cycle), 2018: https://rm.coe.int/fifth-report-oncroatia/16808b57be., para. 71 5