3.4 Rights of applicants and recognized stateless persons...................................................................................................................50
3.4.1 Rights of applicants during the statelessness determination procedure................................................................................50
3.4.1.1 Detention............................................................................................................................................................................................51
3.4.1.2 Expulsion...........................................................................................................................................................................................51
3.4.2 Rights of persons recognized as stateless.....................................................................................................................................52
3.4.2.1 The right of residence...................................................................................................................................................................52
3.4.2.2 The right to work and related rights........................................................................................................................................54
3.4.2.3 The right to public relief..............................................................................................................................................................55
3.4.2.4 Identification and travel documents........................................................................................................................................56
3.5 Conclusions and recommendations.......................................................................................................................................................56
4. Reduction and prevention of statelessness.................................................................................................................................................58
4.1 Introduction......................................................................................................................................................................................................58
4.2 National legal framework...........................................................................................................................................................................59
4.2.1 Avoidance of statelessness at birth....................................................................................................................................................61
4.2.1.1 Birth on the state’s territory...........................................................................................................................................................61
4.2.1.1.1 Rules governing persons born stateless in Denmark
who are under the age of 18 years at the time of application...................................................................................................63
4.2.1.1.2 Rules governing persons born stateless in Denmark
who have attained the age of 18 years but are not yet 21 years old.......................................................................................65
4.2.1.1.3 Transitional rule for certain stateless persons born in Denmark who are 21 years or older..............................66
4.2.1.1.4 Political concern with regard to convention obligations and 2018 dialogue with UNHCR................................ 67
4.2.1.2 Birth outside the State’s Territory..............................................................................................................................................68
4.2.1.3 Other path to naturalization........................................................................................................................................................69
4.2.1.4 Foundlings.......................................................................................................................................................................................69
4.2.2 Birth on a ship or aircraft.....................................................................................................................................................................70
4.2.3 Avoidance of statelessness upon change in civil status.............................................................................................................. 71
4.2.4 Avoidance of statelessness in the context of renunciation, loss or deprivation of nationality.......................................... 71
4.2.5 Reduction of statelessness................................................................................................................................................................. 72
4.2.5.1 Naturalization.................................................................................................................................................................................. 72
4.2.5.2 Other modes.................................................................................................................................................................................. 76
4.3 Conclusions and recommendations....................................................................................................................................................... 77
5. Concluding remarks and recommendations................................................................................................................................................ 78
UNHCR Representation for the Nordic and Baltic Countries
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