Most persons at risk of statelessness living in informal settlements (11 percent) lack registration of permanent/
temporary residence, followed by identity cards (6.6 percent), and citizenship (1.6 percent), whilst 1.2 percent
have members with no birth registration.
Figure 4.3. shows the figures obtained by cross-referencing the findings for each household with categories
of persons facing issues with one or more documents.
Figure 4.3. Missing personal identity documents: distribution of responses by sampled individuals and
overall population of informal settlements (absolute numbers)
2027
1032
253
275
332
169
41
45
Lack of birth
registration
Lack of
citizenship
Lack of
identity cards
Lack registration of
permanent/temporary
residence
A total of 41 household members lack birth registration, whilst 45 do not have either Serbian or any other
nationality. Another 169 lack personal identity cards, and 332 have no registered permanent or temporary
residence.
As the Survey was conducted on a representative sample of households in Roma settlements, extrapolating
the percentages onto the absolute number of inhabitants of these settlements, as indicated in the latest
available data, yields the numbers shown in the same Figure.11
The findings reveal that informal settlements are currently home to 253 persons with no birth registration,
275 individuals who lack any nationality, 1,023 persons without identity cards, and 2,027 persons with
no registered temporary or permanent residence.
11
16
OSCE estimates put the number of RAE individuals living in informal settlements in Serbia at 56,276. See
osce.org/files/f/documents/7/0/309401.pdf.
PERSONS AT RISK OF STATELESSNESS IN SERBIA
OVERVIEW OF CURRENT SITUATION AND THE WAY FORWARD