Moldova: Information for stateless people and those at risk of statelessness fleeing Ukraine - ENS Focal Point: Centrul de Drept al Avocatilor - Law Centre of Advocates (CDA)

For more information on the location of border crossings, number of people crossing, and the general situation in Moldova for people fleeing from Ukraine, see: UNHCR Operational Data Portal on Moldova and Ukrainian Border Guard. [...] Temporary protection is available to stateless people recognised as stateless by Ukrainian authorities and to stateless people who benefitted from international protection or equivalent national protection in Ukraine. [...] The routes to protection available to stateless persons and those at risk of statelessness are summarised below (see Section 3 for Statelessness Status). [...] Refugee Status Humanitarian Protection Temporary Protection What is it? Protection under 1951 Protection for persons Temporary protection for Convention Relating to the who do not meet 1951 eligible displaced persons Status of Refugees Convention definition but from Ukraine, similar to would be subject to the EU Temporary serious risk upon return Protection Directive and Council Decision Can state. [...] 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.