Statelessness & Citizenship Review 2019 1(1) APPENDIX Table 1: Cases of Statelessness Case Type Pre-Independence 1 2 Issues with documentation, evidence or proof of entitlement to citizenship (not including abandoned or adopted children) 3 Mixed marriages; lack of marriage registration; no marriage 4 Abandoned or adopted children 5 Indigenous Persons 6 Migrants and Refugees Told By Lawyers NGOs Total Stateless persons Paralegals Lawyers Academic NGO Total Stateless persons Lawyers NGOs Total Stateless persons Lawyers NGOs Total Paralegal Academic Total Stateless persons Academics NGOs Total TOTAL Number 2 2 4 5 1 3 1 1 11 8 10 2 20 3 5 7 15 1 1 2 2 2 4 8 60 Table 2: Stateless Persons Interviewed Anonymous Indicator 1S 2S Circumstances leading to statelessness Chinese father had second relationship (no marriage) with Filipino woman. Mother lost identity documents (from preindependence) 3S Adopted 4S Child born before marriage Parents Chinese father with Malaysian citizenship and Filipino mother. Malaysian citizens of Indian Tamil descent Only knows birth mother is Filipino. Adopted parents both Malaysian citizens. Malaysian father of Indian-Tamil 126 How person discovered stateless 13 years old when applying for IC Ethnicity Has always known but tried to rectify when 24 years old when tried to register her own birth and obtain birth certificate 12 years old when applying for IC. Indian-Tamil. Parents knew since birth due to Indian-Tamil and Indonesian. ChineseFilipino. Malay.