94 SECTION III. Our key recommendations are as follows: 1. India must at least accede to the following international legal instruments: • 1954 Convention • 1961 Convention; and • International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (‘CRMW’). 2. India must enact a national legislation for stateless persons that is consistent with international law on statelessness India must enact such an aforementioned legislation including and not limited to provisions regarding the following issues: • Stateless persons in India shall have a path to citizenship. • The Indian state should provide an automatic path to citizenship to all children who would otherwise be rendered stateless. • The 1986 and the 2003 amendments to the Citizenship Act must be done away with, keeping the pre-1986 amendment jus soli principle intact. SECURING CITIZENSHIP