Identifying the Stateless in the United Kingdom • 471 210 Macdonald (n 57) 24–25. Downloaded from https://academic.oup.com/ijrl/article/32/3/440/6065591 by guest on 04 July 2025 In sum, this article illustrated the nexus between unresolved cases of statelessness (despite the existing SDP) and immigration detention, and vice versa. It also demonstrated that access to justice for stateless persons is still highly restricted and that there is a pressing need to tackle their legal problems. It reaffirms an important lesson: addressing the lack of access requires a holistic approach, whereby not only black letter law, but also the special problems and needs of the people concerned must be taken into consideration.210 If improved to tackle the hurdles connected to the absence of a nationality discussed above, the SDP may then become a tool to potentially prevent unlawful and arbitrary restrictions of liberty.