PSD, PS, Livre and BE have presented legislative proposals to regulate the statelessness status that has been pending since 2023.
School, healthcare, housing: four parties want to resolve issues facing stateless people
Wednesday, 7 January 2026RSS
Context & Explainers
Statelessness (apatridia) means a person is not considered a national by any country under its laws, leaving them without a passport or an automatic right to reside. That status often prevents access to education, healthcare, employment and social services, so parliamentary discussion can lead to laws or procedures to identify stateless people and give them legal protection or a pathway to residency.
