KUWAIT

Arabic

بدون / عديم جنسية

The contributor describes these expressions as meaning “without nationality.”

How statelessness is understood

The contribution connects statelessness with the lack of nationality and resulting barriers to rights and services requiring official identification or a passport, including identification, driving licences, healthcare, education, telephone services and banking.

The contributor also draws attention to terminology used by authorities in Kuwait, explaining that terms such as “illegal residents” and “unidentified” may be used rather than recognising people as stateless.

Importantly, the contributor does not feel that the available terminology adequately reflects the condition of statelessness.