Gulf countries have been for years discussing how to deal withAd by Text-Enhance thousands of stateless residents in their borders, most of whom are Arabs and have lived in the same country most of their lives but do not have documentation.
Kuwait’s Assistant Undersecretary for Citizenship and Passports Affairs Major General Sheikh Mazen Al Jarrah Al Sabah hinted recently that the government was close to signing a deal withAd by Text-Enhance an Arab country to provide citizenship to its Bidoons.
It is believed the country is Comoros, which already has an arrangement with the UAE.
The oil rich state would give Comoros – one of the world’s poorest nations –economic benefits in return for the citizenships.
Kuwait Times reported that the agreement did not involve deporting Bidoons to the African country, and they would be allowed to live legally in Kuwait. However, Comoros would be obliged to accept all Bedouins as their nationals, including accepting them if they were deported from Kuwait, for example if they committed a crime.
The newspaper said if the agreement was confirmedAd by Text-Enhance, 1900 people who have been registered as Bidoons since before 1985 would be the first to be offered Comoros citizenship.
