Slovakia: Information for stateless people and those at risk of statelessness fleeing Ukraine

Slovakia allows entry to all persons fleeing Ukraine, under the humanitarian ground exception in the Schengen Borders Code and after individual assessment (except those who travelled to a safe country after the outbreak of the war and returned to Ukraine, before traveling to Slovakia). [...] For more information on the location of border crossings, estimates of current waiting times, and entry requirements, see: From Ukraine to Slovakia (also in Ukrainian and Slovakian), Ministry of Interior’s Ukraine Information and Assistance page and Ukrainian Border Guard. [...] undocumented persons (& their family persons apply? members) who had international protection or equivalent national protection or permanent residence in Ukraine and cannot return to country of origin) Where to At the border crossing Same as Refugee Status Registration in person at apply? point if an application is the border, any made upon entering department of the Foreign Slovakia, or specific. [...] 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. [...] The Ministry of Interior may grant a residence permit for 5 years based on statelessness at its discretion but there is no clear procedure for this, and the burden of proof is on the applicant.