Statelessness in Czechia | January 2024 • • • • • • • • • • • 10 Birth registration procedures International protection procedures Dublin Regulation procedures Refugee or statelessness family reunification procedures Passport application procedures Stateless persons travel document application procedures Immigration detention procedures Removal procedures Refugee resettlement procedures Other immigration or human rights procedures Identification process of unaccompanied and separated children conducted by Child Protection Services Criminal proceedings Welfare benefits (including asylum accommodation and support) eligibility procedures Social care and family court procedures School and university admission procedures Public health access procedures Appeal and judicial review procedures relating to any of the above • • • • • • There are many indicators that may identify that a person is or may be stateless, including, for example: • • • • • • • • • • Have never had a valid passport or an identity card Have never had birth certificate or official documents from their country of birth Not able to be registered as a citizen in their home country From a stateless population or a country with a large stateless population (e.g., Rohingya, Bidoon, Palestinian, Kurd, Roma, Syria, Myanmar, Thailand, etc) Born in a country which no longer exists, is not universally recognised by other governments, and/or is occupied by another state Cannot obtain identity documents for themselves or their children Country of birth or former habitual residence refuses to renew travel or identity documents or allow return Difficulties reuniting with family members because they cannot obtain identity or travel documents Could not go to school, work, access healthcare, get married or register their child’s birth or nationality Detained for removal but not accepted for return to a country of birth or former residence This list is not exhaustive. At the identification stage, what is most important is to at least record any initial indications of statelessness. An individual should then be referred to the relevant competent authority to undertake statelessness determination or another relevant procedure, and/or to a competent legal adviser if they do not have one. Whilst some stateless people may not be aware that they are stateless, others will have known for a long time but may have never been formally recognised as stateless. Many stateless people may find it difficult to talk about their lack of nationality and other circumstances, especially if they have never had documentation and/or have had experiences of being disbelieved by authorities. The aim of the below questions should not be to give an individual the impression that the interviewer is trying to determine whether they are telling the truth about their statelessness or lack of documentation, but rather to assist in identifying whether the person is stateless and where the proof of their statelessness may