3.4 Rights of applicants and recognized stateless persons....................................................................... 43
3.4.1 Rights of applicants during the statelessness determination procedure......................................... 43
3.4.1.1 Detention................................................................................................................................................ 43
3.4.1.2 Expulsion................................................................................................................................................. 44
3.4.2 Rights of persons recognized as stateless................................................................................................ 48
3.4.2.1 The right of residence.......................................................................................................................... 48
3.4.2.2 The right to work................................................................................................................................... 50
3.4.2.3 The right to public relief...................................................................................................................... 52
3.4.2.4 Identification and travel documents............................................................................................... 53
3.5 Conclusions and recommendations.......................................................................................................... 54
4. Reduction and prevention of statelessness........................................................................................ 56
4.1 Introduction...................................................................................................................................................... 56
4.2 National legal framework............................................................................................................................. 57
4.3 Acquisition and loss of nationality under the national legal framework
and the compatibility with international standards.................................................................................... 58
4.3.1 Avoidance of statelessness at birth............................................................................................................ 58
4.3.1.1 Birth on the State’s territory............................................................................................................... 58
4.3.1.2 Birth outside the State’s territory...................................................................................................... 66
4.3.1.3 Foundlings.............................................................................................................................................. 66
4.3.1.4 Birth on a ship or aircraft.................................................................................................................... 66
4.3.2 Avoidance of statelessness in the context of renunciation, loss or deprivation
of nationality............................................................................................................................................................... 67
4.3.3 Reduction of statelessness........................................................................................................................... 69
4.3.3.1 Naturalization........................................................................................................................................ 69
4.4 Conclusions and recommendations.......................................................................................................... 72
5. Concluding remarks and recommendations....................................................................................... 74
Identification and registration of statelessness.......................................................................................... 76
Determination of stateless persons and the rights attached to the status...................................... 77
Prevention and reduction of statelessness................................................................................................... 78
UNHCR STOCKHOLM, 2016
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