Practices and Approaches in EU Member States to Prevent and End Statelessness _______________________________________________________________________ 5.3.3 Stimulating the exchange of information between Member States, in particular on policies regarding the prevention and reduction of statelessness and the treatment of stateless persons ................................................ 56 5.3.4 Increasing awareness of problems regarding statelessness by improving the availability of statistical data on stateless persons within the European Union ...................................................................................................... 57 5.4 A possible role of European law via ensuring a transitory protection status for stateless persons who cannot immediately access a nationality .......................................................................................... 57 5.4.1 EU competence to address statelessness through migration law: relevant treaty framework .............................................................................. 57 5.4.2 Ensuring compliance with the principle of subsidiarity when addressing statelessness in the migratory and asylum context. ............................... 58 CONCLUSIONS, POLICY OPTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ................ 60 REFERENCES.......................................................................................... 62 ANNEX 1. RATIFICATION INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS ON STATELESSNESS BY THE 28 MEMBER STATES OF THE EU ................. 69 ANNEX 2. TABLES ON THE AVOIDANCE AND REDUCTION OF STATELESSNESS IN ALL EU MEMBER STATES ................................... 71 ANNEX 3. LIST OF INTERVIEWED EUROPEAN AND INTERNATIONAL STAKEHOLDERS, EXPERTS AND PRACTITIONERS (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER) .......................................................................................... 117 5

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