DPCE online, 2020/4 – Saggi ISSN: 2037-6677 Governing through uncertainty? Migration Law and governance in a comparative perspective ambiguity of statelessness in the context of forced migration. The paper shows that the lack of nationality matters in the ‘competence catalogue’ does not and should not prevent the EU from governance in statelessness-related fields. In order to follow the commitments made on the international level (including the pledges to the UN and willingness to contribute to achievement of the SDGs), the action is indispensable from the side of both the EU and its Member States. The former, having a transparent legal basis to initiate relevant legislation, should aim at addressing incoherence on the policy level. The Member States should put in place, or improve statelessness determination procedures in order to change the issues arising from invisibility of the problem and to guarantee sufficient level of protection to both in situ stateless population and to stateless migrants. Securing legal certainty for de jure stateless individuals, even if provided by a well-defined status of a stateless person, allows for an increase in human rights standards for those who are invisible. Oleksandra Zmiyenko EU International Relations and Diplomacy Studies Department College of Europe oleksandra.zmiyenko@coleurope.eu 5270