Unlike the respondents who had all documents and were not at risk of statelessness, the individuals born in Kosovo and Metohija or outside Serbia were more exposed to the risk of statelessness. Nearly one-third of them come from Kosovo and Metohija, and just slightly over one-half (52 percent) had been born in their current residence. Similar differences can be seen when it comes to nationality and language. Unlike community members not at risk of statelessness, virtually all of whom have Serbian citizenship, maximum 82 percent of those at risk have citizenship. Whilst the predominant languages of the sample are Roma and Serbian, in the at-risk group Albanian is more frequent than Serbian, further supporting the finding that persons originally from Kosovo and Metohija are the most numerous in this group. 4.2 Regional distribution of persons at risk of statelessness A comparison the regional distribution of persons at risk of statelessness relative to the overall sample reveals significant statistical differences that indicate which regions are more likely to be home to populations with unresolved legal status. Two regions have particularly large shares of persons at risk of statelessness: Southern and Eastern Serbia and Belgrade. The two regions account for 41 percent of the sample in aggregate and are home to as many as 66 percent of all persons at risk of statelessness. The number is higher than the average by 9 percentage points in Southern and Eastern Serbia, and by 6 percentage points in Belgrade, putting these regions firmly in focus of any future activities designed to address the issues faced by this marginalised group. A look at changes in the share of persons at risk of statelessness by region relative to the past survey rounds leads to the conclusion that measures taken to date by the Government, UNHCR, and CSOs have rendered results. PERSONS AT RISK OF STATELESSNESS IN SERBIA OVERVIEW OF CURRENT SITUATION AND THE WAY FORWARD 19