Ireland: Information for stateless people and those at risk of statelessness fleeing Ukraine
Rights upon
recognition
the IPO (passports, identity
cards, birth/marriage/
school certificates,
membership cards and any
other documents)
On the same basis as Irish
nationals: right to work,
access to education and
training, medical care and
social security, right to
reside in Ireland for a
minimum of 3 years
(renewable), to travel to
and from Ireland, and a
travel document
Same as Refugee Status
Legal permission to reside
in Ireland for 1 year; right
to a Personal Public Service
Number (PPSN);
employment and selfemployment; suitable
accommodation or
assistance in obtaining
housing; school if they are
children under 18 years;
social welfare income
supports; healthcare
services; right to apply for
asylum
For more information, see:
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Citizens Information, Coming to Ireland from Ukraine, Temporary Protection Directive
Irish Government, Help page on Ukraine, Temporary protection
Irish Refugee Council, Ukraine Information Note
Department of Justice, FAQs for Ukraine Nationals and Residents of Ukraine
International Protection Office in Ireland, Home page, Information booklet for Applicants for
International Protection
European Commission, Information for people fleeing the war in Ukraine
European Council on Refugees and Exiles, Information Sheet
EU Asylum Agency, Who is Who in International Protection, Temporary Protection overview
KIND & Child Circle, Note on unaccompanied children fleeing Ukraine
Right to Protection, Who are stateless persons who fled Ukraine after the Russian invasion on 24 of
February, 2022
3. STATELESSNESS DETERMINATION AND PROTECTION STATUS
For stateless people, it is important to determine both a claim for international protection and their
statelessness. Each application should be assessed and both types of status should be explicitly recognised so
that even if international protection ceases, the person remains entitled to protection as a stateless person.
Statelessness determination should be conducted either in parallel with or following the refugee status
determination, with due regard to the primacy of the asylum claim and the principle of confidentiality for
refugees in statelessness determination procedures. For more information, see: ENS briefing on statelessness
determination & protection in Europe.
In Ireland there is no dedicated statelessness determination procedure and there is no official guidance on
how to determine or claim statelessness. Statelessness may be identified in the context of other administrative
procedures, such as immigration, international protection, or nationality related procedures. However,
statelessness determination is not the specific objective of these mechanisms and regularisation rarely leads
to any rights linked to statelessness per se. The protection available to stateless migrants therefore depends
on the rights attached to the type of residence or protection status the person can acquire and is usually not
in line with the 1954 Convention and international human rights law. There is a facilitated route to