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STATELESS PERSONS IN DETENTION A tool for their identification and enhanced protection

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Stateless Persons in Detention: A tool for their identification and enhanced protection

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Author: UN Refugee Agency

UN organisation / body / branch: UN Refugee Agency

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Description: Stateless persons generally do not possess identity documents or valid residence permits. Therefore they can be at high risk of arrest and repeated and prolonged detention. In situations where they are detained outside their country of origin, they may also face prolonged detention because they are unable to return to their country of origin. This tool has been developed for the purpose of identifying persons in the context of detention who may be stateless and to support the achievement of solutions to their predicament. This tool may be used to identify stateless persons before the decision to detain is made, when release in the community or referral to an alternative to detention are considered, or after the decision to detain has been made. It is intended for legal practitioners, decision makers and case workers who may be visiting detention places or are otherwise engaged in the asylum and migration process, including judges, border officials, staff of civil society organizations, as well as UNHCR staff,ombudspersons and other national or international organisations that monitor (immigration) detention.

Type of resource

Learning tool

Source

UN : UNHCR

Region

Global / Other

Theme

(Forced) Migration
Detention
Human Rights Enjoyment by Stateless People
Identification / Determination of Statelessness

Framework

UN Human Rights system
UN Statelessness Conventions
UNHCR

Population/Community

Other population/community
Stateless Refugees / Migrants

Date published: Jun 1, 2017

Source URL: Direct Link

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Stateless Persons in Detention_a tool for their identification_enhanced protection June 2017.pdf
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