Addressing statelessness in Europe’s refugee response further implementing measures to address all situations in which children born on the territory of European states can be left without a nationality. 6. Detention and return Improve guidance and awareness to prevent the arbitrary detention of stateless people. Ensure that statelessness is considered as a juridically relevant fact in detention and return decisions, and that if someone claims to be stateless they are protected from detention, provided with information and legal assistance, and referred to a statelessness determination procedure to establish their nationality or entitlement to protection as a stateless person under the 1954 Convention. 7. Naturalisation Facilitate naturalisation procedures for stateless people in line with obligations under the 1954 Convention, including by reducing the length of time people must wait to naturalise, and exempting stateless people from requirements that they may not be able to meet due to their statelessness (documentation, fees, language or citizenship tests etc.) 19