48 Bianchini possible in the foreseeable future.66 The courts have stressed that the residence of a person who cannot be deported in a foreseeable time has to be regulated by the German authorities. The toleration is not an adequate instrument in such a situation. If the toleration is granted for the purpose of a long-term stay, the stay may be ‘lawful’ because toleration here is actually a residence document in disguise.67 In the absence of ‘lawful stay’, a stateless person present in the territory has no right to travel documents, although his request to obtain them must be given sympathetic consideration under the second sentence of Article 28 of the 1954 Convention.68 The authorities can take into account whether the stateless person has applied for travel documents from the country of origin, whether future return to the country of origin could become in fact more difficult by issuing travel documents, and whether the possibility that he will be granted a passport can be excluded.69 In the case of travel documents under the second sentence of Article 28 of the 1954 Convention, the authorities can consider the inaction of the concerned person.70 The refusal of travel documents in such a situation does not constitute an inadmissible sanction for the applicant’s behavior when it has caused a deportation obstacle. The applicant is only denied a benefit to which he is not entitled.71 6 German Naturalization Laws in Respect to Stateless Persons Article 32 of the 1954 Convention provides that State Parties shall facilitate the naturalization of stateless persons.72 Despite some important reforms on the 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 Hailbronner, Brenner, Maaßen (n 5) I.G.IV.2.30; Kay Hailbronner, Ausländerrecht: Ein Handbuch (2nd edn, C.F. Müller 1989) Randnummer (Rn, recital) 193; BVerwG 16.10.1990, BVwerGE 87, 11, 19. BVerwG, Beschluss v 1.10.1979 - 1 C 97.76; Buchholz 402.22 Art 26 Gerichtskostengesetz (GKG, Court Fees Act) Nr 1; ; Hailbronner, Brenner, Maaßen (n 5) I.G.IV.2.30. Furthermore: VGH Bayern, Beschluss v 2.04.2007 – 19 ZB 06.2317; BVerwG, 16.10.1990, DVBl 1991, 270; Buchholz 402.27 Art 28 StlÜbk Nr 2; VGH Baden-Württemberg, 31.03.1993, VBIBW 1993, 482 mwN; Hailbronner, Brenner, Maaßen (n 5) I.G.IV.2.33. VGH Bayern, 7.04.1992, Bayerische Verwaltungsblätter Beschluss (BayVBl, Bavarian Administrative Gazette decision) 1992, 535, 536; VGH Baden-Württemberg, 31.03.1993, VBIBW 1993, 482, 484. Hailbronner, Brenner, Maaßen (n 5) I.G.IV.2.34. VGH Baden-Württemberg, 31.03.1993, VBIBW 1993, 482, 484; OVG Niedersachsen, 30.09.1998, DVBl 1999, 1219, 1220; Hailbronner, Brenner, Maaßen (n 5) I.G.IV.2.34. Article 32 states: ‘The Contracting States shall as far as possible facilitate the assimilation and naturalization of stateless persons. They shall in particular make every effort to tilburg law review 19 (2014) 35-51