In one state101, national and other authorities holding foreigner-related data
are obliged to forward this data to the competent authorities at their request.
E. Awareness-raising and training of relevant actors
on matters of nationality and statelessness
93. Most states report that they provide training and awareness raising
for migration officials, civil registrars, guardians, judges and civil servants
responsible for registering asylum seekers, refugees and migrants. Training
and awareness raising activities are often prepared in co-operation with civil
society, such as the European Network on Statelessness (ENS), and international
organisations (e.g. the European Migration Network (EMN), International Centre
for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD), the International Organization
for Migration (IOM), UNHCR and UNICEF). However, it is important to stress
that the effectiveness of training and awareness raising activities depends on
their regularity for the public most likely to detect statelessness in particular
of children.
94. Some states gave more detailed information on the content of training
programmes:
► Austria indicated that training courses on interviews are held for officers
of the Federal Office for Immigration and Asylum. These courses focus,
inter alia, on children and adolescents in general as well as on the best
interests of the child.
► Azerbaijan organised a seminar on asylum seekers and stateless persons
for members of the State Migration Service, the Ministry of Justice,
the Judicial and Legal Council, representatives of state bodies, judges,
lawyers and academics. In this seminar attention was paid to the right
to effective protection and procedural obligations in asylum-related
cases, the role of information on the country of origin in court cases
related to asylum applications, international law standards on access
to nationality and the role of judicial processes in the documentation of
persons at risk of statelessness. Additionally, a magazine in Azerbaijani
and English languages on “Statelessness in Azerbaijan: Achievements
and Goals” was published by the State Migration Service and the Office
of UNHCR in Azerbaijan.
► Croatia reported organising workshops, training courses, and events
aimed at raising awareness on the causes and consequences of statelessness as well as different profiles of stateless persons in Europe.
101. Slovenia.
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