Illegal or stateless?


Issue 893 - 20 Jan 2011 | 1 minute read

The status of stateless Arabs in Kuwait, whom the government calls ‘illegal residents’, has been highlighted by human rights organisations for many years. Human Rights Watch Middle East and North Africa researcher Priyanka Motaparthy told GSN: “People who have lived in Kuwait their whole lives have no legal status there.

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