Ireland: Information for stateless people and those at risk of statelessness fleeing Ukraine Rights upon recognition the IPO (passports, identity cards, birth/marriage/ school certificates, membership cards and any other documents) On the same basis as Irish nationals: right to work, access to education and training, medical care and social security, right to reside in Ireland for a minimum of 3 years (renewable), to travel to and from Ireland, and a travel document Same as Refugee Status Legal permission to reside in Ireland for 1 year; right to a Personal Public Service Number (PPSN); employment and selfemployment; suitable accommodation or assistance in obtaining housing; school if they are children under 18 years; social welfare income supports; healthcare services; right to apply for asylum For more information, see: • • • • • • • • • • Citizens Information, Coming to Ireland from Ukraine, Temporary Protection Directive Irish Government, Help page on Ukraine, Temporary protection Irish Refugee Council, Ukraine Information Note Department of Justice, FAQs for Ukraine Nationals and Residents of Ukraine International Protection Office in Ireland, Home page, Information booklet for Applicants for International Protection European Commission, Information for people fleeing the war in Ukraine European Council on Refugees and Exiles, Information Sheet EU Asylum Agency, Who is Who in International Protection, Temporary Protection overview KIND & Child Circle, Note on unaccompanied children fleeing Ukraine Right to Protection, Who are stateless persons who fled Ukraine after the Russian invasion on 24 of February, 2022 3. STATELESSNESS DETERMINATION AND PROTECTION STATUS For stateless people, it is important to determine both a claim for international protection and their statelessness. Each application should be assessed and both types of status should be explicitly recognised so that even if international protection ceases, the person remains entitled to protection as a stateless person. Statelessness determination should be conducted either in parallel with or following the refugee status determination, with due regard to the primacy of the asylum claim and the principle of confidentiality for refugees in statelessness determination procedures. For more information, see: ENS briefing on statelessness determination & protection in Europe. In Ireland there is no dedicated statelessness determination procedure and there is no official guidance on how to determine or claim statelessness. Statelessness may be identified in the context of other administrative procedures, such as immigration, international protection, or nationality related procedures. However, statelessness determination is not the specific objective of these mechanisms and regularisation rarely leads to any rights linked to statelessness per se. The protection available to stateless migrants therefore depends on the rights attached to the type of residence or protection status the person can acquire and is usually not in line with the 1954 Convention and international human rights law. There is a facilitated route to