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

In September 2022, the scope of temporary protection was extended to also include ‘other close relatives’ who were living as part of the family when the war broke out and who were dependent on the main applicant. [...] Refugee status & Temporary protection Humanitarian support & subsidiary protection assistance What is it? Refugee status: for people Temporary protection for Humanitarian support and eligible under the 1951 eligible people fleeing the assistance to foreign Convention Relating to the conflict in Ukraine nationals or stateless Status of Refugees; persons in special Subsidiary protection: for situati. [...] 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. [...] This may be considered in the case of refused asylum-seekers who declared themselves to be stateless at the beginning of the asylum procedure and in cases where the countries of origin or former residence have failed to recognise the person’s nationality. [...] Asylum-seekers may leave the country, they have the obligation to hand over their travel documents at the time of applying for asylum, but these can be requested at any time in order to leave the territory of Romania.