Kuwait Citizenship News: The Kuwaiti government canceled citizenship of thousands of people overnight. Most of the victims are women. When people woke up in the morning, bank accounts of some people were closed and some other government facilities were closed. When he inquired, it was found that his citizenship had been canceled.
Why are women affected the most?
In May 2024, the rich of Kuwait described democracy as a danger and announced constitutional amendments. The government is mostly canceling the citizenship of those who achieved citizenship after marriage. This list includes most women who have got citizenship by marrying Kuwaiti men.
Those who are blood related to blood will be considered a natural citizen of Kuwait.
When Lama tried to pay with a credit card in Kuwait City, he came to know that his account had been freeze. On investigation, it was found that his citizenship had been canceled. Lama is originally from Jordan. In December 2023, Amir Sheikh became the rich of Meshal Al Ahmed Al Saba Kuwait. He then dissolved the Parliament and also suspended parts of the Constitution. Now Amir says that only those people will be considered citizens of Kuwait who will have blood relations with the people here.
More than 37,000 people lost their citizenship
Amir said in his speech that out of about five million people living in Kuwait, only one third of the people are true Kuwaiti. Amir said that now only local people will remain in Kuwait. Lama is one of the 37,000 people who have lost their citizenship since August. Of these, about 26 thousand are women. This is the data of the Kuwaiti government. The media says that the actual number may be even higher.
No government benefits will be available.
There are already many people living in Kuwait who do not have citizenship there. About 1 lakh people were unable to get citizenship after independence from British protection in 1961. However, now those who do not have Kuwaiti citizenship, will not be able to avail banking, education, government jobs and other facilities.
The citizenship of these people is also being taken away.
In Kuwait, the government has been tightening on those who get citizenship on the basis of marriage since 1987. Statistics show that 38,505 women were given citizenship on marriage basis from 1992 to 2020. Apart from this, citizenship of people with dual citizenship is also being taken away. Apart from this, citizenship of those who were given citizenship on the basis of merit are also being canceled. The list also includes pop singer Naval and actor Dawood Hussain.
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