Figure 2: Number of stateless children as of 1 August 2012 (disaggregated by age groups)96
0 to 4 years old; 5
5 to 7 years old; 5
8 to 10 years old; 8
11 to 13 years old; 9
14 to 13 years old; 9
Stateless persons live everywhere in Lithuania. Each one of the 60 municipalities has at least one stateless
person registered there.97 More than half of the 4,151 stateless persons live in the regions of the three
largest Lithuanian cities (Vilnius, Kaunas and Klaipėda). Approximately 43% of the target group lives in the
city and region of Vilnius, while the border regions of Šalčininkai, Švenčionys and Visaginas host a further
11%.
Table 3: Number of stateless persons who hold a residence permit in Lithuania (disaggregated by the type
of document)98
Permanent
residence
permit
Temporary
residence
permit
Permanent residence
card for a family
member of an EU citizen
Temporary residence
card for a family
member of an EU citizen
Total
1 January 201299
4,213
43
6
52
4,314
1 August 2012
4,049
53
5
44
4,151
100
Figure 3: Stateless population in Lithuania (disaggregated by gender)101
Men 59.6%
Women 40.4%
96
Data was provided by the Migration Department by electronic correspondence on 10 January, 2013.
97
Data was provided by the Migration Department during the interview with the researcher on 7 August 2012.
98
Data was provided by the Migration Department during the interview with the researcher on 7 August 2012.
99
Lithuania, Migration Department of the Ministry of Interior, Migration Yearbook 2011, Vilnius, 2011, p. 13.
100
Data was provided by the Migration Department during the interview with the researcher on 7 August 2012.
101
Ibid.
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