Figure 15: CID case records of decisions to grant or refuse applications under European Economic Area Regulations by relevant nationality groupings (2006 – 2010) 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 200 160 120 80 40 0 40 GRANTED Article 1 1954 Convention 80 120 160 200 REFUSED Nationality currently unknown Unspecified nationality Source: Management information request CPO-11-1083 received 16 August 2011 from UKBA performance services team. 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 conclusion, the UK Border Agency’s management information indicates that annually there are up to approximately 200 hundred grants of leave to remain, indefinite leave to remain or the issuing of a residence card evidencing a right to free movement in EU law to persons attributed the “Stateless – Article 1, 1954 Convention” nationality category on CID. This indicates that there are stateless persons who are undocumented on the UK territory and are able to regularise their immigration status, or that there are some stateless persons who have always had leave to enter or remain and presumably arrive with a visa or prior entry clearance or that it is a combination of both circumstances. The researchers only received the referral of one participant who was stateless and had travelled to the UK with prior entry clearance,90 but that could be explained by the fact that this group’s situation is regular, they do not face the same human rights challenges as those without leave to remain and they do not present a particular challenge to immigration control. The data in respect of entry clearance and grants of leave to enter indicate that there is a population identified as stateless who are arriving in a regular manner. Nonetheless, taking the quantitative and qualitative data together it appears likely that there is a small population of undocumented stateless persons who have been able to regularise their immigration status, usually after an asylum claim fails. The basis upon which they have regularised their immigration status, however, is not directly related to their statelessness. This appears to be consistent with the published statistics in respect of asylum applications, but is inconsistent with the analysis of the data relating to entry clearance and visa applications and the passengers travelling to the UK. The inconsistencies can, however, be explained by the fact that refugees appear in the entry clearance and leave to enter statistics as stateless persons. When the statistics were disaggregated this showed that only 16% of all passengers given leave to enter or remain were in fact “stateless”. 90 48 Participant 1. Mapping statelessness