MAPPING OF THE POPULATION AT RISK OF STATELESSNESS IN ALBANIA 6. REMAINING CHALLENGES OF PREVENTING STATELESSNESS AND PROTECTING PERSONS AT RISK OF STATELESS PERSONS IN ALBANIA As seen supra, the Albanian legislation on statelessness allows neither for a fully effective prevention of statelessness, nor for a sufficient protection of people in – or at risk of - statelessness. 6.1. Prevention of statelessness The shortcomings of Albanian legislation, challenges during birth registration and other bureaucratic challenges, as well as the lack of State support for subsequent registration, undermine the prevention of statelessness. 6.1.1. Albanian legislation shortcomings 6.1.1.1. Absence of statelessness determination procedures Gábor Gyulai defines the stateless status determination procedure as “a formalised procedure based on specific legal provisions and having as its objective to establish whether or not a person is stateless (either de jure or de facto). Such a procedure may be conducted either at the request of a foreigner (similarly to a refugee status determination procedure), or ex officio (for example in case of illegal aliens, in preparation of their expulsion)”.52 52 Gábor Gyulai, Hungarian Helsinki Committee report ‘Forgotten Without Reason - Protection of Non-Refugee Stateless Persons in Central UNHCR - TLAS / May 2018 55