BARRIER Lack of protection for SDP applicants in France SDP applicants in France have no legal right to residence or work. Prefectures may admit applicants for temporary stay, but this is a discretionary power, so practice varies across the country. If a temporary residence permit is granted, or if the applicant has also applied for asylum, they can access universal healthcare coverage if they can prove they have lived in France for three months (although certain treatments are subject to prior authorisation). They may also be accommodated in an emergency shelter for up to 21 days or in accommodation and rehabilitation centres for some months. If not granted temporary residence, SDP applicants are considered to be residing irregularly and can access only limited (if they can prove they have lived in France for three months) or urgent healthcare. SDP applicants may also be detained for removal and cases have been reported of people being issued with orders to leave France while awaiting a statelessness determination decision.70 Risk of detention and expulsion SDP applicants are at risk of expulsion and/or detention in several countries, including Ukraine, Switzerland, Bulgaria, France, Spain, Hungary, and the United Kingdom. Spain and Hungary treat a pending order for expulsion as a reason not to grant residence to an applicant for statelessness status. In Spain, any SDP applications submitted by people subject to removal proceedings are considered manifestly unfounded. Similarly, in Hungary, SDP applicants in detention or subject to removal proceedings are not issued with a temporary residence certificate, despite being entitled to one in law. Access to social and economic rights Few countries grant socio-economic rights to applicants for statelessness status. In the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Hungary, Italy, and France, SDP applicants do not generally have the right to work. In Ukraine, although applicants have the right to work, there are practical barriers to accessing employment including minimum salary requirements, and employers being required to obtain permission to employ SDP applicants. Some form of very basic welfare or healthcare assistance is available to SDP applicants in most countries, but this is often subject to conditions and/ or very restricted. In Hungary, only basic emergency healthcare is available to SDP applicants. In the United Kingdom and Switzerland, SDP applicants may have a right to minimum social assistance by virtue of having previously been refused asylum, or if they are destitute. In Bulgaria, not only are SDP applicants not entitled to socioeconomic rights but lacking any means of subsistence constitutes a legal ground for refusing their application. 3.2.6. Statelessness status Recognition of a person as stateless must lead to the granting of statelessness status. This must include a renewable right to reside on the territory for a minimum of two years, and preferably up to five years, to enable stateless people to access all the rights protected by the 1954 Convention. These rights include a travel document, identity documents, family reunification, permission to work, primary, secondary and higher education, social security and healthcare, and the right to vote. Any revocation