INTRODUCTION In order to identify de facto and de jure stateless persons and major problems related to statelessness, the Representation of the UNHCR in the Kyrgyz Republic commissioned Counterpart-Sheriktesh to conduct a survey in Chui, Panfilov, and Sokuluk Districts of Chui Province, all of which have significant number of migrants from Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Counterpart-Sheriktesh conducted the survey in collaboration with the CSSC (Civil Society Support Centre) of Karabalta town and the non-governmental organizations Chui Murgab, Adab, and Sairon. Migrants in Chui and Panfilov districts were interviewed from 1 to 30 April 2008, while respondents in Sokuluk were questioned from 10 April until 10 May 2008. During the survey, 1,059 families from Chui province – 272 families from Chui district, 337 families from Sokuluk district, and 450 families from Panfilov district – were interviewed. Altogether, information on 2,744 persons – heads of household and their family members – was collected. In order to know more about their living conditions, respondents were questioned about their socio-economic situation, whether they possessed certain identity documents and what kind of problems they regularly face. The first part of this report analyses the general data and socio-economic situation of interviewed heads of household and their families. The second part reports on possession of basic identity documents, while the final part relates the needs that were expressed by interviewed migrants. This report was prepared by Counterpart-Sheriktesh’s consultant Aman Nusupov and coordinator Asel Kekebaeva based on interviews conducted by the CSSC of Karabalta town, Chi Murgab, Adab and Sairon. 52 The Situation of Stateless Persons in the Kyrgyz Republic: Findings of Surveys Commissioned by the UNHCR