CHAPTER I CHAPTER III Births in Norway can be registered regardless of the parent’s immigration status or gender and in situations of surrogacy. Late registration is permitted. Birth registration is nearly universal (although it is more complex to obtain a birth certificate for some refugee and migrant children). Information is not shared between birth registration authorities and immigration enforcement authorities.104 CHAPTER II Norwegian citizenship cannot be withdrawn from people who acquired it while under age 18, if that loss would result in statelessness and the person could not acquire another nationality in a “simple manner”.103 The impact of safeguards against childhood statelessness CHAPTER V Spain CHAPTER IV As a result of Norway’s safeguards, there are relatively few stateless children in Norway. Most stateless children born in Norway are eligible to acquire Norwegian nationality within three years, free of charge; and there are routes for stateless children who have migrated to Norway to acquire Norwegian citizenship. Population overview ANNEXES 43 RECOMMENDATIONS This guidance makes reference to Prop. 141 L (2018–2019) which states: “(…) it shall be possible to revoke Norwegian citizenship if the child can easily become a citizen of another country. The Ministry considers that registration of citizenship acquired automatically at birth and notification of citizenship is to be considered a simple procedure, as long as there are no conditions attached to this that are difficult to meet, such as the child having to be resident in the country of origin at the time of notification. This must be assessed specifically in the individual case”; Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (2024) Amendments to the Citizenship Act, [in Norwegian], etc. (revocation of citizenship due to incorrect information, etc.). 104 Act relating to Children and Parents (the Children Act), Kingdom of Norway, Act No. 7 (LOV-1981-04-08-7), entered into force 1 January 1982. 105 The Impact of Statelessness in Italy, Portugal and Spain, UNHCR, June 2019, p. 21. CHAPTER VII 103 Ibid., Section 26. For more explanation on the meaning of a “simple manner”, see guidance of the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (2024) Revocation of Norwegian citizenship, [in Norwegian]: “It is the UDI [Norwegian Directorate of Immigration] that has the burden of proof that the child can possibly “easily” become a citizen of another country. Examples of simple procedures are registration of citizenship acquired at birth and notification of citizenship, as long as no conditions are set that are difficult to meet.” CHAPTER VI Statelessness in Spain is primarily a migratory phenomenon. The vast majority of stateless people who have applied for recognition under Spain’s statelessness determination procedure are from Western Sahara, with smaller numbers from the former Soviet Union, Syria and China (mainly Tibetans) as well as other countries.105