Applying the statelessness provisions in the EU Pact on Migration & Asylum - - - May 2026 Considers the statelessness provisions and incorporates relevant information to facilitate their application when revising the Practical Handbook for Border Guards and bringing together border guards, asylum officials, and return case workers to ensure a common understanding between key actors of how to identify and record initial indications of statelessness pending a determination Ensures that monitoring of Pact implementation specifically addresses and assesses how the statelessness provisions are being applied in practice and identifies areas where additional support may be needed, including to ensure that stateless persons are channelled to appropriate procedures to determine their statelessness (APR Art 27(2)) and do not end up in situations of limbo when there is no prospect of return/removal Ensures that adequate resourcing is available to support the full application of the statelessness provisions, including resourcing for civil society initiatives Ensures that statelessness and nationality matters are raised and discussed as appropriate in relevant expert meetings especially those relating to Commission monitoring and assessment of systemic shortcomings in relation to the Pact 3. The EU Asylum Agency Carefully considers the statelessness provisions in all remaining product updates and continues to seek input from statelessness experts to reflect the changes under the Pact Ensures that appropriate information and guidance on how to implement the new statelessness provisions are incorporated into any new products relating to vulnerability, screening/registration, border procedures, and other relevant areas, and that national authorities and Agency staff have access to appropriate tools to support the implementation of these new provisions Promotes the uptake of the European Asylum Curriculum, in particular the training on identification of statelessness, among all relevant first contact officials including those responsible for screening and registration, as well as all other relevant modules that include information on statelessness for all officials, including asylum determination, information provision, and other relevant areas Monitor the application of the statelessness provisions as part of the EUAA CEAS Monitoring Mechanism, including by explicitly referring to statelessness within its methodology, and issue recommendations and support where Member States are falling short of their obligations towards stateless people Ensure that statelessness is mainstreamed across all relevant EUAA sectors, units, products and activities, recognising the crosscutting nature of statelessness, and to ensure consistency among EUAA outputs. Liaise with FRONTEX and other relevant actors to ensure that these tools are also available to all screening officials at country level (including where this is mandated to police and border guards). 4. The Fundamental Rights Agency Supports the effective uptake and practical application of its guidance for Member States on Fundamental Rights Monitoring, including by continuing to support national independent monitoring mechanisms to monitor the specific rights and protections of stateless persons enshrined in the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and other fundamental rights, including Article 7 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child Ensures that its guidance on children and guardianship reflects the Pact provisions on statelessness and incorporates adequate information to support the identification of