3.4 Rights of applicants and recognized stateless persons........................................................................... 37
3.4.1 Rights of applicants during the statelessness determination procedure......................................................37
3.4.1.1 Detention.............................................................................................................................................................................37
3.4.1.2 Expulsion............................................................................................................................................................................ 38
3.4.1.3 Public relief and social security.............................................................................................................................. 38
3.4.1.4 Other rights guaranteed............................................................................................................................................. 38
3.4.2 Rights of persons recognized as stateless................................................................................................................... 39
3.4.2.1 The right of residence................................................................................................................................................. 39
3.4.2.2 The right to work.......................................................................................................................................................... 39
3.4.2.3 The right to public relief and social security..................................................................................................40
3.4.2.4 Identification and travel documents...................................................................................................................40
3.5 Conclusions and recommendations............................................................................................................. 42
4. Reduction and prevention of statelessness....................................................................................... 45
4.1 Introduction...................................................................................................................................................... 45
4.2 National legal framework.............................................................................................................................. 46
4.3 Acquisition and loss of nationality under the national legal framework and
the compatibility with international standards............................................................................................. 46
4.3.1 Avoidance of statelessness at birth................................................................................................................................46
4.3.1.1 Birth on the state’s territory......................................................................................................................................46
4.3.1.2 Birth outside the state’s territory...........................................................................................................................49
4.3.1.3 Foundlings.........................................................................................................................................................................49
4.3.1.4 Birth on a ship or aircraft...........................................................................................................................................50
4.3.2 Avoidance of statelessness upon change in civil status.......................................................................................50
4.3.3 Avoidance of statelessness in the context of renunciation, loss or deprivation of nationality.......50
4.3.4 Reduction of statelessness................................................................................................................................................. 52
4.3.4.1 Naturalization.................................................................................................................................................................. 52
4.3.4.2 Other modes...................................................................................................................................................................53
4.4 Conclusions and recommendations............................................................................................................ 54
5. Concluding remarks and recommendations...................................................................................... 56
Annex 1: Asylum decisions 2005-2011.......................................................................................................... 58
UNHCR STOCKHOLM, NOVEMBER 2014
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