of Ukraine adopted a new law 1941-IX that will allow stateless persons to apply for naturalization after three years (instead of seven) upon their recognition by the SMS. These changes give much hope to stateless persons in Ukraine. As of 31 December 2021, the SMS had registered 737 applications from people seeking the status of a stateless person. Before the year end, the State Migration Service had issued decisions in 61 cases, in 90% of which the applicants were recognized as stateless persons. From having lived as undocumented people, they received identification documents and could access their rights.” HRHC - Human Rights House Crimea (Author), HRHF - Human Rights House Foundation (Author), published by UN Human Rights Committee: Russian Federation's Periodic Report; Civil Society Submission on the situation with human rights in Crimea to the Human Rights Committee under the ICCPR during its 134th session, 2022 “In Crimea, Russia actively applies the provisions of its migration legislation and the Russian Federation’s Code of Administrative Offences, which establishes administrative liability in the form of expulsion for their violation. Decisions by the occupation courts regarding the expulsion of citizens of Ukraine, foreigners, and stateless persons from the occupied territory with their further detention in the CTDFC is an unlawful interference with liberty and security of person, since such decisions were made by the occupation courts without taking into account the fact that the Crimean peninsula is de jure a sovereign territory of Ukraine, and the occupation is a temporary legal regime. Thus, the Russian Federation violates Art. 9 of the Covenant as it has no legal grounds either for the expulsion of these persons or for the deprivation of their liberty in order to enforce the decisions on expulsion. 24. At least 283 persons (citizens of Ukraine, foreigners, stateless persons) were identified, in respect of whom, from June 2014 to December 2021, the occupation courts in Crimea applied forcible expulsion associated with imprisonment for a period of one day to more than one-and-a-half years.” European Network on Statelessness, Invisible to the state during the COVID-19 pandemic: stateless people in Ukraine, 4 June 2020 "Stateless people and those at risk of statelessness, as well as people without identity documents have limited access to social services and medical care (see more on the ENS StatelessnessINDEX). Without identity documents, a person cannot register with a family doctor. This makes it impossible to receive primary care and other types of medical care. The results of Right to Protection’s survey among stateless people conducted in April-May 2020 demonstrate that 92% (175 out of 189 people surveyed) of stateless people do not have a family doctor. Almost half of them were denied registering (ie. signing a declaration with a family doctor) due to lack of an identity document. Children of stateless parents who are over 14 years of age are able to sign a declaration regardless of their parents’ identity documents, but 68% of those who have children and answered the question (38 of 56 respondents) reported that their children did not have a signed declaration with a doctor. What causes the most concern, is that there is almost no access to health services for stateless people who have chronic diseases or disabilities. Diseases like diabetes, cancer, and tuberculosis are not treated. People without documents cannot participate in State programs, receive free medicines, have access to medical examinations (otherwise free of charge), or establish their disability. In most cases, they do not have any money to cover the cost of medicines. Undocumented people are hospitalised only in case of emergency. 17% (32 respondents) of those interviewed by Right to Protection reported having a disability, chronic condition or cancer. At the same time, people with chronic condition or disabilities as well as elderly people are at increased risk of COVID-19 related complications. Although the local authorities declared a non-discriminatory 64