heightening risks already present in many countries as they move to implement digital ID systems under which many citizens are facing renewed ‘vetting’ of their nationality status. 7 SUSTAINING ENGAGEMENT ON STATELESSNESS & THE RIGHT TO NATIONALITY The work of civil society organisations and human rights defenders engaged in championing the rights of stateless persons and promoting the right to a nationality has been drastically affected by the pandemic. Crucial in-person services such as legal counselling for people navigating nationality procedures and support to stateless persons in immigration detention have been interrupted by policies restricting movement, convening and access to certain facilities. New and urgent problems are emerging, as set out above, yet statelessness remains a neglected issue and many groups doing much-needed work face severe and growing funding shortages. The limited traction achieved for policy advocacy and donor support on statelessness over the last five years threatens to dissipate as the pandemic draws attention away. REGISTER