Organized by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), a seminar on “Best Practices for the Identification and Protection of Stateless Persons in Europe” was held on October 20 and 21 in Madrid, Spain, with approximately 80 attendees from 30 different countries.
The purpose of the meeting was to exchange best practices on the procedures for determining the legal status of stateless individuals and to discuss the legal status of these individuals. Along with countries like Spain, France and Moldova, Georgia shared its expertise with other European countries.
Ketevan Betlemidze – Chairperson of the Public Service Development Agency of the Ministry of Justice of Georgia, discussed the experience of Georgia as a country with best practices regarding the issue of statelessness, the determination of the status of stateless individuals and the “Door-to-Door” approach.
