stateless person definition
In law, statelessness is the lack of any nationality, or the absence of a recognized link between an individual and any state. A stateless person is someone who is not considered as a national by any state under the operation of its law. Some stateless persons are also refugees, although not all asylum seekers are stateless and not all stateless persons are refugees.
As per the definition of a stateless person, whether someone is stateless is ultimately a matter of the viewpoint of the state with respect to the individual or a group of people. In some cases the state makes its view clear and explicit. In other cases the viewpoint of the states is harder to discern.