No dedicated asylum or statelessness determination legislation exists within the Vatican City State. Under the Lateran Treaty and the Fundamental Law of Vatican City (1929, as amended), immigration, residency and citizenship matters are governed by principles distinct from those of other States: citizenship is granted on the basis of appointment to office (jus officii) and terminates automatically when the office ceases, with former citizens acquiring Italian nationality under the Lateran Treaty’s safeguards. There is no procedure for lodging asylum claims or determining statelessness; exceptional humanitarian admissions occur via administrative discretion by the Holy See’s Secretariat of State under general immigration regulations.

Within Vatican territory, there are no refugee camps, settlements or formal reception facilities. The resident population does not include persons evacuated from conflict zones or internally displaced persons; those in need of protection must seek entry and status recognition under Italian or other domestic asylum systems. Diplomatic missions of the Holy See abroad may coordinate temporary relocation of vulnerable individuals, but such arrangements fall outside the domestic jurisdiction of Vatican City State.

Statelessness in the Vatican context is largely theoretical. Citizenship ceases upon termination of service, but former citizens automatically become Italian nationals, preventing the emergence of long-term statelessness within the resident community. As such, there is no identifiable stateless population within Vatican territory.