Syrian Citizenship Disappeared 17. Conclusion: In conjunction with interviews with eyewitnesses and victims for preparing the report, STJ conducted a survey targeting random sample of stateless to explore their most important needs over the past decades of Syria age. The survey included 65 persons of the following categories: maktumeen, former maktumeen now citizens, ajanib, former ajanib now citizens. All of them are distributed on different geographical regions primarily within Syrian territory and outside Syria such as in Turkey, Kurdistan region, and the European countries of asylum. The survey was conducted between late July 2018 and late August 2018. Most participants descend from the following geographical regions: al-Hasakah, Qamishli/Qamishlo, Amouda, al-Darbasiyah, and Ras al-Ein/Sari Kani. The ratio of male participants, over 18, was 72.1%, and the female participants, over 18, was 26.5%. The only case of a female under 18 represented 1.05%. 10% of them had no education at all and were illiterate. 18.3% of them got the primary stage certificate and completed sixth grade. 18.3% of them got the elementary stage certificate. 30% of them got the secondary stage certificate, known as Baccaluareate. 5% of them graduated from two-year study institutes. 18.3% of them got the university certificate. None of them reached the postgraduate stage. 51.5% of them were born maktumeen. 47,1% of them were born ajanib. There was only one person whose legal status was changed after birth from maktum to ajnabi. 94.1% of the interviewees said their legal status did not change between 1962 and 2011, and 5.9% said it had. 55% of the participants said their legal status did not change even after the Decree No.49 of 2011, but the rest said it did. The survey enquired into the priorities maktumeen see as important. All the answers focus mainly on the importance of the documents, including IDs and passports, among others. Almost as important was the focus on education. Then came answers related to financial and moral compensation. Some even alluded to the issue of rehabilitation and training. The priorities of the persons who are still ajanib were similar to that of the maktumeen in terms of documents, education and financial and moral compensation. Some noted to the importance of health insurance and the right to work within the public sector. For the persons who used to be maktumeen but have recently acquired the citizenship, as a result of the 2011 Decree, priorities concerned on completing their education after they were cut off. The importance of financial and moral compensation arose as well. For the ajanib who have recently acquired the Syrian nationality as a result of the 2011 Decree, priorities concerned primarily on education and financial and moral compensation. A general question was directed to all the participants on other demands. Many mentioned the importance of deleting the cumulative legal procedures for the stateless, resolving their status in the countries of asylum, allowing the embassies and consulates to provide the stateless with the required official documents, and apologising for the harm that affected them. Additionally, they mentioned compensations for the properties seized after the census or the properties they were deprived of after the redistribution of their lands to other Syrian citizens. Finally, they noted the importance to exempt stateless and new citizens from the compulsory military service. For Nalin Abdo, lawyer, firstly it is possible to learn about the extent of the detriment that affected Syrian stateless or the need to compensate them. This can be achieved through several legal texts within the Syrian law system including article 164 of the Syrian Civil Code that states that any “error” committed to the detriment of 53