Country Position Paper: Statelessness in Kuwait CONTENTS Summary of Main Issues ..................................................................................................................... 3 Relevant population data ................................................................................................................... 4 Kuwait’s nationality law...................................................................................................................... 4 Discrimination in access to nationality ................................................................................................. 4 Populations affected by statelessness in Kuwait ............................................................................ 6 Bidoon........................................................................................................................................................ 6 Palestinians ............................................................................................................................................. 10 Others Stateless Groups ....................................................................................................................... 10 BIBLIOGRAPHY.................................................................................................................................... 12 Cover photo: Yousra Owayed, 31, holds her baby Nour in the kitchen of the apartment in Chios she and her husband received through UNHCR. The family of seven are members of Kuwait's stateless Bidoon community. They arrived by sea from Turkey to Greece in July 2018; © UNHCR/Daphne Tolis