© UNHCR/Robert Atanasovski ACTION 6: Grant protection status to stateless migrants and facilitate their naturalization Although most stateless people remain in the country of their birth, some leave and become migrants or refugees. These stateless people comprise a minority of the global stateless population, but many are not recognized as stateless and face serious human rights problems such as prolonged or repeated detention and destitution. Often, no State will grant them a legal residence and the authorities of their country of origin will not re-admit them. Although some States have introduced mechanisms to determine whether a migrant is stateless, positive determinations do not necessarily lead to a legal status that permits residence, enjoyment of basic human rights and facilitated naturalisation. Over the last 10 years, 21 States2 have established statelessness determination procedures (SDPs), and three States (Italy, Hungary and Georgia) have made improvements in their existing SDPs. This brings the total of States with SDPs to at least 30, helping facilitate legal status that permits residence and guarantees the enjoyment of basic human rights. Additionally, 16 States3 have introduced procedures for facilitated naturalization of stateless migrants. Albania, Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Ecuador, Iceland, Kazakhstan, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Panama, Paraguay, Portugal Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uruguay 2 Argentina, Armenia, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Estonia, Iceland, Georgia, Greece, Luxembourg, Paraguay, Rwanda, Ukraine, Uruguay 3 30 #IBELONG