Finland - 2012
Does statelessness serve as a ground for discrimination in access to public goods and services and/or deprivation of economic and social rights?
- Code:
- RED5
- Key Area:
- Anti-discrimination Legislation & Implementation
- Strand(s):
- Discrimination
| Short Answer |
Yes, there are grounds to believe that statelessness serves as a ground for discrimination in access to public goods and services. |
| Qualitative Info |
The Non-Discrimination Act does not explicitly address stateless status as a possible ground of discrimination, but statelessness is generally treated as equivalent to nationality in the Finnish legal system. For instance, a stateless person is under the Aliens Act (301/2004) considered to be an ‘alien’ ( i.e. a citizen of a foreign country) for the purposes of that act. For this reason it is fairly clear that discrimination on the grounds of stateless status would be considered to constitute discrimination on the grounds of nationality. |
| Groups affected/interested | Migrants, Refugees, Roma & Travelers, Muslims, Ethnic minorities, Religious minorities, Linguistic minorities, Asylum seekers, Africans/black people |
| Type (R/D) | Anti-migrant/xenophobia, Xenophobia |
| Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas | Anti-discrimination |
| External Url | http://www.non-discrimination.net/content/media/2009-FI-Country%20Report%20LN_final.pdf |
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