residents" and denied Kuwaiti citizenship and its accompanying privileges. The Iran-Iraq War threatened Kuwait's internal stability and the authorities feared the sectarian background of the stateless Bedoon. The Bedoon issue in Kuwait "overlaps with historic sensitivities about Iraqi influence inside Kuwait", with many of those denied Kuwaiti nationality being believed to have originated from Iraq.

Since 1986, the Kuwaiti government has refused to grant any form of documentation to the Bedoon, including