Figure 12: Relevant “nationality” categories within Asylum Work in Progress (August 2011) Of the 37,827 cases in the August 2011 WIP83 (Asylum Work In Progress cases) there were: 145 cases classified as “Kuwaiti Bidoun” 667 cases classified as “Palestinian Authority” 5 cases classified as “Stateless Person (Article 1 of 1954 Convention)” 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. The figures relating to Work in Progress reveals that there are a significant number of potentially stateless persons who claim asylum. Given that these cases are still in the UK, and sometimes for extended periods of time after their appeal rights are exhausted, it may indicate that there is a proportion of this group who are unable to leave to the UK, even if their claims for asylum fail. The most likely reason they are unable to leave the UK is that no other State will admit them. They therefore appear to lack a solution that meets their protection needs. 3.3.4 Immigration cases The UK Border Agency provided management data from CID on the numbers of case records in relevant nationality categories granted limited leave to remain.84 The results are displayed in Figure 13.85 They indicate that “Stateless – Article 1 1954 Convention” has the largest number of applicants in this category, with a peak of 127 grants of limited leave to enter on non-asylum grounds in 2010. Previous years demonstrate a grant rate for this category remaining below 70 grants of leave to remain per year. Over the period of five years examined, “Article 1 Stateless – 1954 Convention” and “Unspecified Nationality” contribute in most part to the number of refused applications at 231 and 186 cases in total respectively. The numbers of applications in these categories remain low at below 70 cases per year. The “Officially stateless” category remains an almost redundant category. 83 Detailed in an email from the UK Border Agency asylum policy team on 19 September 2011. 84 Limited leave to remain is the grant of immigration status in the UK for a fixed period. 85 Researchers requested “the total number of ‘stateless’ persons or persons of ‘unknown or unspecified’ nationality for each year from 2006-2010 who were granted limited leave to remain by purpose of grant (e.g. visit, studies, employment, points based system, other – these categories were picked from the immigration rules as examples to include).” It was clearly highlighted that these figures should not include cases where the purpose of the journey is to claim asylum. in the United Kingdom 45