Right of employment A person who has lost his citizenship faces challenges in making a living in Bahrain as long as he lives there. Non-citizens do not have the same access to the job market as citizens, and as an “illegal immigrant” an individual is prohibited from working. Turning from a citizen into a non-citizen—or worse, into a stateless person—leads to a loss of privileges to employment. The perception of this individual as a foreigner entails that he has to ask the authorities for permission to work. He needs a job licence. In order to get a job licence in Bahrain, someone has to sponsor you (Bahrain Center for Human Rights 2014). A sponsor has to be eligible and willing to take such responsibility for a person who the state has deemed unwanted. Nevertheless, as the person whose citizenship is confiscated is left without identification documents, it is practically impossible to apply for a job license. Those who lose their citizenship are often met with a subsequent loss of workplace. They do not have a valid permit to continue working and are therefore in many cases fired or suspended by their employers. This was the case for Dr. Masoud Jahromi after his citizenship was revoked in 2015. He was suspended from the university where he worked as chairman of the department of telecom. According to Jahromi, the university’s president did not want to dismiss him initially, but was forced by the authorities as he was threated “many of those who that “measures will be taken against the university” if have had their citizenJahromi was not dismissed (Bahrain Mirror 2016). So, ship revoked have the Bahraini government is stripping people of their found their bank accitizenship and deliberately working to cut their livelihood in the country. counts closed followWithout a job, those who have had their citiing the citizenship zenship revoked are not able to keep a sufficient inrevocation” come level. As non-citizens, they are not entitled to state-subsidised social benefits. In this way, they have to depend on any savings they may have, in addition to support from family members, friends and their social network. However, if they have savings in their banks, they are not always able to take the money out and use it. This is due to the fact that many of those who have had their citizenship revoked have found their bank accounts closed following the citizenship revocation (McChrystal 2016). With all these obstacles, those affected often find themselves economically disabled. They have been deprived of their economic rights and are forced to depend on others’ help and support. http://community.apsanet.org/migrationcitizenship/home 33