3.3.5 Stateless Person’s Travel Documents issued under the 1954 Convention
The obligation under the 1954 Convention, Article 28 to provide travel documents to stateless
persons lawfully staying in the territory is discussed in Chapter 4. Management data provided
by the UK Border Agency indicates that 531 stateless persons travel documents were issued
between 2002 and 2010. The five countries of birth most highly represented in this sample
are detailed below in Figure 16 and together constitute 68.2% of Stateless Person Travel
Documents issued within the period. The remaining countries each comprise less than 2% of
the total sample and are not included within this figure.
Figure 16: Top five countries of birth of persons
issued with Stateless Persons Travel Documents
(2002-2010)
United
Kingdom
Source: UKBA Travel Documents team, received
18 April 2011. Please note the figures quoted are
not provided under National Statistics protocols
and have been derived from local management
information and are therefore provisional and
subject to change.
Kenya
Palestinian
Authority
Lebanon
Kuwait
The data set out in Figure 17 below give the
applicants’ ages at application, and their gender.
Females constitute 33% of the total granted 1954
Convention Travel Document whereas males
constitute 67% of the total, reflecting a similar proportion to the national trend in respect of
asylum-seekers. The age range represented is broader than previous data examined, but still
indicates a young population with 91% of all cases aged under 45 years old.
Figure 17: Gender and age of individuals issued with 1954 Convention Travel Documents
(2002-2010)
>80
75-80
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
Age in years
50-54
45-49
40-44
Female
35-39
Male
30-34
25-29
20-24
15-19
10-14
5-9
0-4
-80
-60
-40
-20
0
20
40
60
80
Number of cases
Source: UKBA Travel Documents team, received 18 April 2011. Please note the figures
quoted are not provided under National Statistics protocols and have been derived from local
management information and are therefore provisional and subject to change.
in the United Kingdom
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