Other notable achievements:
•
After the implementation of the ChileRecononce (“Chile
Recognizes”) project, and changes in national legislation,
approximately 1,400 people born in Chile to parents with
an irregular migration status, many whom were at risk of
statelessness or stateless, were able to confirm their Chilean
nationality. Similarly, the country’s Proyecto Nacionalidad
(Nationality Project) identified children who were born in
Colombia but traveled to Chile without documentation,
subsequently confirming their Colombian nationality and
regularizing their migratory status.
•
In 2023, amendments were adopted to the Citizenship Law
in Moldova, providing for access to Moldovan nationality for
all children born in its territory who are unable to acquire
nationality from the parents, and who would otherwise be
stateless. Previously, the ability of such children to acquire
Moldovan nationality was dependent on the legal status of
their parents in Moldova, unless one or both parents were also
stateless.
•
Albania adopted a new Citizenship Law in 2020 providing
an unrestricted safeguard to grant Albanian citizenship to all
children born in Albania who would otherwise be stateless.
•
Spain has ensured very strong safeguards against childhood
statelessness in its nationality law and Spanish courts have
established broad criteria in the interpretation of the applicable
safeguards to allow access to nationality or civil registration for
migrant children born in transit.
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