Figure 5.4.18. Do you hold an IDP identity card? (Only individuals who left or fled Kosovo after 1998) (%) 5 No 50 45 Yes DNK, No answer A total of 39 percent of those who lack IDP cards reported this was due to a lack of substantiating documentation, with 17 percent reporting loss or destruction of such documents. In effect, this means that 56 percent of respondents did not hold IDP cards due to documentation-related issues, whilst 22 percent identified ignorance of procedures as the main reason for their lack of such certificates. Interestingly, more than one-half of RAE individuals who do not hold IDP cards reported never having attempted to obtain them (as claimed by 58 percent), whilst 32 percent said they had been refused the cards by the authorities, in the vast majority of cases because they did not have the required documentation. Figure 4.4.19. Reasons for RAE individuals not holding IDP identity cards (%) Uninformed about the procedure He / she was rejected by the competent authorities Documentation lost / destroyed 22 5 17 Lack of documentation as evidence Doesn’t know, Can’t remember 39 17 As discussed above, internally displaced persons face difficulties when attempting to register permanent residence, owing to the Government Order on assessing compliance with requirements for issuance of 34 PERSONS AT RISK OF STATELESSNESS IN SERBIA OVERVIEW OF CURRENT SITUATION AND THE WAY FORWARD