10 Actions to End Statelessness Action 6: GRANT PROTECTION STATUS TO STATELESS MIGRANTS AND FACILITATE THEIR NATURALIZATION STARTING POINT MILESTONES GOAL BY 2024 • At least 10 States have statelessness determination mechanisms which lead to a legal status that permits residence and guarantees the enjoyment of basic human rights and facilitated naturalization. By 2017: • • By 2020: 20 additional States (30 in total since 2014) establish determination procedures which lead to a legal status that permits residence and guarantees the enjoyment of basic human rights, and facilitate naturalization for stateless migrants. An additional 20 States (50 in total since 2014) establish determination procedures which lead to a legal status that permits residence and guarantees the enjoyment of basic human rights, and facilitate naturalization for stateless migrants. 70 States identify stateless migrants through determination procedures which lead to a legal status that permits residence and guarantees the enjoyment of basic human rights, and facilitate naturalization for stateless migrants. CONTEXT Although most stateless people remain in the country of their birth, some leave and become migrants or refugees. These stateless people comprise a minority of the global stateless population but many are not recognized as stateless and face serious human rights problems such as prolonged or repeated detention and destitution. Often, no State will grant them a legal residence and the authorities of their country of origin will not re-admit them. Although some States have introduced mechanisms to determine whether a migrant is stateless, positive determinations do not necessarily lead to a legal status that permits residence, enjoyment of basic human rights and facilitated naturalisation. 20 • UNHCR > HOW CAN THIS ACTION BE IMPLEMENTED? The 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons establishes a regime to protect the rights of stateless people. The 1954 Convention requires States to establish procedures to determine who is stateless within their territory, including those in detention who cannot be expelled. This determination permits stateless migrants to acquire a secure legal residence which in turn allows them to enjoy basic human rights and accumulate the number of years of residence necessary for naturalization. G LO B A L AC T I O N P L A N TO E N D S TAT E L E S S N E S S : 2 0 1 4 – 2 0 2 4