Practices and Approaches in EU Member States to Prevent and End Statelessness
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5.3.3 Stimulating the exchange of information between Member States, in
particular on policies regarding the prevention and reduction of statelessness
and the treatment of stateless persons ................................................ 56
5.3.4 Increasing awareness of problems regarding statelessness by improving the
availability of statistical data on stateless persons within the European Union
...................................................................................................... 57
5.4 A possible role of European law via ensuring a transitory protection
status for stateless persons who cannot immediately access a
nationality .......................................................................................... 57
5.4.1 EU competence to address statelessness through migration law: relevant
treaty framework .............................................................................. 57
5.4.2 Ensuring compliance with the principle of subsidiarity when addressing
statelessness in the migratory and asylum context. ............................... 58
CONCLUSIONS, POLICY OPTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ................ 60
REFERENCES.......................................................................................... 62
ANNEX 1. RATIFICATION INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS ON
STATELESSNESS BY THE 28 MEMBER STATES OF THE EU ................. 69
ANNEX 2. TABLES ON THE AVOIDANCE AND REDUCTION OF
STATELESSNESS IN ALL EU MEMBER STATES ................................... 71
ANNEX 3. LIST OF INTERVIEWED EUROPEAN AND INTERNATIONAL
STAKEHOLDERS, EXPERTS AND PRACTITIONERS (IN ALPHABETICAL
ORDER) .......................................................................................... 117
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