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Some 355,900 claims were rejectedon substantive grounds. This numberincludes negative decisions at the firstinstance which might be appealed.Asylum-seekers who were rejected atfirst and second instance may have beencounted twice in this figure.Total Recognition RateAt the global level (UNHCR and Stateasylum procedures combined), the RefugeeRecognition Rate (RRR) amountedto an estimated 30 per cent of all substantivedecisions taken during 2010, whilethe Total Recognition Rate (TRR) was39 per cent. (34) Both values are below therates in 2009 (38 per cent for RRR and47 per cent for TRR). However, at thistime global recognition rates are indicativeas some States have not yet reportedthe relevant data. Also, the proportion ofpositive decisions is in reality higher asdecisions for those rejected on appeal areoften counted twice.Among the main receiving industrializedcountries, Switzerland and Finlandhad the highest TRR at the firstinstance in 2010 (73% and 61%, respectively).Among the main countries oforigin of asylum-seekers in 2010, thoseoriginating from Eritrea, Myanmarand Somalia had TRRs of over 80 percent at the first instance. Recognitionrates were also high for asylum-seekersfrom the Democratic Republic of theCongo (66%), Iraq (65%), Colombia (64%),Ethiopia (58%), Afghanistan (53%), andthe Islamic Republic of Iran (51%).By the end of the year, more than837,500 individuals around the worldwere still awaiting a decision on theirasylum claim. This figure includespeople at any level of the asylum procedure;the real magnitude of undecidedasylum cases is unknown as manycountries were not able to report thisinformation. •34 In the absence of an internationally agreedmethodology for calculating recognition rates, UNHCRuses two rates to compute the proportion of refugee claimsaccepted during the year. The Refugee Recognition Ratedivides the number of asylum-seekers granted Conventionrefugee status by the total number of substantive decisions(Convention status, complementary protection, and rejectedcases).The Total Recognition Rate divides the number ofasylum-seekers granted Convention refugee status andcomplementary form of protection by the total number ofsubstantive decisions (Convention status, complementaryprotection, and rejected cases). Non-substantive decisionsare, to the extent possible, excluded from both calculations.For the purpose of global comparability, UNHCR only usesthese two recognition rates and does not report nationallycalculated rates.VIIStatelessPersonsIdentifying statelesspersons remainedkey to addressingtheir problems andto discharging theresponsibility entrustedto UNHCR in regardto this population. Thisresponsibility is notlimited to the preventionand reduction ofstatelessness andthe protection ofstateless persons, butalso involves raisingawareness amongthe internationalcommunity of themagnitude of thisproblem. Measuringstatelessness iscomplicated by thevery nature of thephenomenon. Statelesspeople often live in aprecarious situationon the margins ofsociety, frequently lackidentity documentationand are subject todiscrimination.UNHCR / S. KritsanavarinOnly a MINORITy ofcountries have proceduresin place for the identification,registration anddocumentation of statelesspersons, which facilitates gatheringprecise data. The statistics in this reporttherefore only include data on countriesfor which reliable official statistics or estimatesof stateless populations are available.Annex Table 7 also includes somecountries (marked with an asterisk) thathad significant stateless populations butfor which no reliable figures were provided,including Côte d’Ivoire, India andIndonesia.The data on statelessness in 2010showed a continuation of the trend observedin previous years of a gradualexpansion in coverage of and knowledgeabout stateless persons. By the endof 2010, statistics on statelessness wereavailable for 65 countries, five more thanin 2009. This compares to 30 countriesin 2004, the year UNHCR started collectingstatistics on stateless populationsin a more systematic way, and reflects28 UNHCR Global Trends 2010
the efforts of UNHCR offices to gatherbetter data on statelessness. These effortswere bolstered by an increasingawareness of statelessness in a numberof countries around the world.For 2010, the number of identifiedstateless individuals stood at some3.5 million persons. This compares to6.6 million at the end of 2009. Thereduction reflected methodologicalchanges for counting stateless personsrather than an actual reduction in statelessness.There was nonetheless a significantdrop in the number of stateless personsdue to acquisition or confirmation ofnationality by stateless persons. Approximately137,500 stateless personsacquired nationality, mainly in 12 countries.Almost half of this figure was as aresult of progress to resolve the situationof Faili Kurds in Iraq, as well as someindividuals who had acquired nationalityprior to 2010 but who had not beenpreviously reported.Despite improvements in the numberof countries reporting and the reliabilityof population figures, UNHCR was notin a position to provide comprehensivestatistics on the number of stateless personsin all countries around the world.As a result, there was a discrepancy betweenreliable country-level data report-Unregistered refugees fromMyanmar who reside outsideKutupalong refugee camp inBangladesh.ed by UNHCR and the total number ofstateless persons worldwide, estimatedat up to 12 million people. Increased datacoverage will help gradually narrowthis gap. •Fig. 12 Number of countries reporting statistics onstateless persons30200448200549200654 58 60 652007 2008 2009 2010UNHCR Global Trends 201029
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