In Search of Solutions: Addressing Statelessness in the Middle East and North Africa

In this document, UNHCR examines how conditions in the Syria crisis are impeding access to nationality, or the confirmation of nationality in the form of identity documentation, along with the immediate and longer term protection concerns raised by these gaps. UNHCR has focused on how various sectors of the refugee response as well as the response to the displacement situation inside Syria can reduce and mitigate the risk of statelessness, while also improving the protection, security and dignity of those displaced.