3.3.2.2 Questions of proof............................................................................................................................................................. 32
3.3.2.3 Access to courts................................................................................................................................................................... 33
3.3.3 Conclusions....................................................................................................................................................................................... 33
3.4 Rights of applicants and recognized stateless persons.................................................................................34
3.4.1 Rights of applicants during the statelessness determination procedure............................................................34
3.4.1.1 Detention...................................................................................................................................................................................34
3.4.1.2 Expulsion................................................................................................................................................................................... 35
3.4.2 Rights of persons recognized as stateless..........................................................................................................................36
3.4.2.1 The right of residence........................................................................................................................................................36
3.4.2.2 The right to work................................................................................................................................................................. 37
3.4.2.3 The right to public relief.................................................................................................................................................. 37
3.4.2.4 Identification and travel documents..........................................................................................................................38
3.4.2.5 Other rights guaranteed...................................................................................................................................................39
3.5 Conclusions and recommendations...................................................................................................................40
4. Reduction and prevention of statelessness.............................................................................................41
4.1 Introduction............................................................................................................................................................41
4.2 National legal framework....................................................................................................................................42
4.3 Acquisition and loss of nationality under the national legal framework and compatibility
with international standards...............................................................................................................................43
4.3.1 Avoidance of statelessness at birth.......................................................................................................................................43
4.3.1.1 Birth in the State’s territory...............................................................................................................................................43
4.3.1.2 Birth Outside the State’s Territory................................................................................................................................45
4.3.1.3 Foundlings................................................................................................................................................................................46
4.3.1.4 Birth on a ship or aircraft..................................................................................................................................................46
4.3.2 Avoidance of statelessness in the context of renunciation, loss, or deprivation of nationality.............46
4.3.4 Reduction of statelessness........................................................................................................................................................48
4.3.4.1 Naturalization.........................................................................................................................................................................48
4.3.4.2 Other modes.........................................................................................................................................................................50
4.4 Conclusions and recommendations..................................................................................................................51
5. Concluding remarks and recommendations............................................................................................52
Annexes............................................................................................................................................................................55
Annex I: Questionnaire sent to NGOs and other possible stakeholders.........................................................55
Annex II: Questions sent to the Asylum department of the Directorate of Immigration...........................58
Annex III: Questions sent to the Register Norway National Register..............................................................59
Annex IV: Request for break down of statistics sent to Statistic Norway......................................................60
Annex V: Request for statistic sent to the Return department in UDI............................................................61
Annex VI: Request for break down of data sent to the National Police..........................................................62
UNHCR STOCKHOLM, OCTOBER 2015
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