Annex I: Questionnaire sent to NGOs and other possible stakeholders MAPPING OF STATELESSNESS IN THE BALTIC AND THE NORDIC REGION – Norway – THE PROJECT UNHCR is carrying out research on the issue of statelessness in Norway. This research aims to find out the number, situation and profile of stateless persons in Norway and analyze Norwegian law, policy and practice relating to stateless persons in light of the international standards in this area, in particular the 1954 Convention on the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. WHAT DOES BEING STATELESS MEAN? A stateless person is someone who does not enjoy citizenship – the legal bond between a state and an individual – with any country. They find themselves marginalized, often unable to obtain identity documents, to travel, access health or education or even marry. There are at least 10 million stateless persons worldwide, including over 600,000 living in Europe. It is currently not known how many stateless persons are living in Norway. HOW WILL THE RESEARCH BE USED? The numbers, status and rights of stateless persons in Norway are currently unknown and a detailed mapping of Norwegian legislation, practice and institutional capacity in the area of statelessness has so far not been undertaken. Our research aims to gather data and through indicative examples, better understand the situations stateless persons find themselves in. This questionnaire is one of the ways we will use to capture this data. HOW CAN YOU HELP? We need your help to identify the numbers and status of stateless persons in Norway. It would be of great value to this research if you could fill out the following questionnaire, in accordance with the experience of your organization. All information will be treated in confidence and the identity will remain anonymous in the report. Participation can be withdrawn at any stage before the publication of the report. Please find enclosed an informed consent form. Please return this questionnaire and the informed consent form, in English or in Norwegian, as early as possible but ideally before 17 August 2012 to Hrefna Dogg Gunnarsdottir, legal consultant at the UNHCR Regional Office in Stockholm, Sweden via email: dogg@unhcr.org, who can be contacted for any question you may have about the project. Thank you for your time UNHCR STOCKHOLM, OCTOBER 2015 55