CITIZENSHIP AND STATELESSNESS
IN THE HORN OF AFRICA
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List of Tables
TABLE 1: RIGHT TO NATIONALITY BY DESCENT.........:csscscsssssssssscscesssseseeseseeseestsecseeaceesseeaesensensteaesesaeeasensaeeasses 21
TABLE 2: THE RIGHT TO A NATIONALITY BASED ON BIRTH IN THE COUNTRY .......cs:sscsssssssesssecseeeetserseestseeaes 23
TABLE 3: PROVISIONS ON MINOR ADOPTED CHILDREN ........csscsssssssessseessescsecseeeceeesteaesetseestsacseteeeatsenseeatsasaes 24
TABLE 4: RIGHT TO TRANSMIT NATIONALITY TO A SPOUSE .......ccscsscssssssesssscsseeceesstesesenseestsacseeeeeetseeseeatsaeaes 25
TABLE 5: RULES ON DUAL NATIONALITY........:ccscscsscssessssessescseeseescsseseesesenseesesecsteaseessteaesenseeatsacsesaceatsneaeeatsesaes 27
TABLE 6: RIGHT TO ACQUIRE NATIONALITY AS AN ADULT BY NATURALISATION.........ccssssssscsesseesseessestseeees 30
TABLE 7: CRITERIA FOR LOSS OR DEPRIVATION OF NATIONALITY ........sc:ssssssssssessesesseseseeseestsecseeeseersteseeansenaes 32
TABLE 8: RENUNCIATION AND REACQUISITION........:cssssssssssssssecssescsseseeseseestestsecseeaseesseeaesanseesteaesesaeeasensaeeatses 33
TABLE 9: BIRTH REGISTRATION RATES. ......sscsscsssssssessesrseessescsecseeacseesteaesenseesesacseeaseesseeaesenseeatsacseeaceatsneaeeatsasaes 40
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UNHCR
— December 2021