Figure 5: Passengers categorised as “stateless” and of “unknown or other” nationality granted leave to enter by purpose of journey 80 000 70 000 People returning after temporary absence 60 000 Others Number of admissions 50 000 Passengers in transit Granted settlement on arrival 40 000 Dependants 30 000 Work Permit holders Students 20 000 Visitors 10 000 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Stateless Unknown nationality Stateless Unknown nationality Stateless Unknown nationality Stateless Unknown nationality Stateless Unknown nationality Stateless Unknown nationality 0 2009 Classification and year Source: Published Immigration Statistics: April - June 2011, admissions data tables (2004-2010). Upon request and for the purposes of this research, however, the Home Office’s Migration Statistics Team has provided disaggregated data on leave to enter granted to passengers presented within the “stateless” nationality grouping, which excludes the refugee categories and delineates those individuals recorded as “Stateless – Defined Article 1 1954 Convention” and “Nationality Unknown Officially Designated as Stateless”. As with the disaggregated data on grants of visas and entry clearance to persons in the “stateless” nationality grouping, this 38 Mapping statelessness