Thousands of ‘foreigners’ to get Kuwaiti citizenship


Issue 944 - 12 Apr 2013 | 1 minute read

Kuwait’s parliament agreed to grant citizenship to up to 4,000 ‘foreigners’ on 20 March – a move greeted as a step in the right direction for those campaigning for the rights of Bidoon. The bill, signed by 43 MPs, and with two abstentions, originally stipulated the naturalisation of at least 4,000 stateless people, but had its wording changed to the broader “maximum of 4,000 foreigners”, leading some to question whether the Bidoon community would wholly benefit.

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