Summary Conclusions of the Expert Roundtable on travel documents for persons in need of international protection and stateless persons

UNHCR together with the University of Essex convened on 22 and 23 October 2024 an Expert Roundtable held in Colchester, UK on travel documents for persons in need of international protection and stateless persons . The Roundtable was organized with support from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). The objective of the Roundtable was to obtain a deeper understanding of legal and technical issues around travel documents for persons in need of international protection and stateless persons, explore areas for improvement, and enhance collaboration between key stakeholders. The document summarizes the discussions at the Expert Roundtable, highlighting protection safeguards as well as obstacles and solutions to issuing machine-readable travel documents, and makes multi-stakeholder recommendations for the way forward. These Summary Conclusions reflect the themes and understandings that emerged but they do not necessarily represent the views of individual participants or of UNHCR or ICAO.