CONTENTS
Acknowledgements..........................................................................................................4
Executive Summary..........................................................................................................6
Abbreviations ..................................................................................................................11
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................12
1.1 Structure of the report .........................................................................................13
1.2 Definitions and scope ..........................................................................................13
1.3 Methodology........................................................................................................15
1.3.1 Quantitative methodology ..........................................................................15
1.3.2 Qualitative methodology ............................................................................17
1.3.3 Data collection ...........................................................................................19
1.3.4 UK Border Agency co-operation ................................................................20
1.3.5 Legal research ............................................................................................20
CHAPTER 2: STATELESSNESS ACROSS THE GLOBE AND UNHCR’S .....................22
ENGAGEMENT WITH STATELESSNESS
2.1 Introduction .........................................................................................................22
2.2 Causes of statelessness .....................................................................................23
2.3 Consequences of statelessness .........................................................................25
2.4 UNHCR’s engagement with statelessness .........................................................26
CHAPTER 3: ESTIMATING THE POPULATION OF STATELESS..................................28
AND “UNRETURNABLE” PERSONS IN THE UK
3.1 Introduction .........................................................................................................28
3.2 Home Office published immigration statistics ....................................................29
and UK Border Agency management information
3.3 Total numbers of stateless persons coming into ................................................34
contact with immigration control
3.3.1 Visas and entry clearance ..........................................................................36
3.3.2 Passengers granted leave to enter on arrival in the UK .............................37
3.3.3 Asylum........................................................................................................39
3.3.4 Immigration cases ......................................................................................45
3.3.5 Stateless Person’s Travel Documents issued ............................................49
under the 1954 Convention
in the United Kingdom
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