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    Over 1000 new citizenships announced in UAE

    By Staff Reporter | NGI Context – Mon, Feb 20, 2012

    President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahayan yesterday issued a decree, which grants citizenship to more than 1000 children of Emirati women married to foreigners.

    Like most other Arab countries, the UAE currently link nationality of a child to its father. The new decree will grant citizenship to 1,117 children of UAE women who are married to foreigners, which satisfied requirements for citizenship. The children will then receive full citizenship when they turn 18.

    Up until as recently as 2005, Tunisia was the only Arab nation that gave men and women equal nationality rights. Since then Algeria, Morocco and Egypt changed their laws and allowed women to pass nationality onto their foreign husbands and children.

    Currently UAE citizens make up 11.47 per cent of the 8.26 million population.

     

    2 comments

    • roc
      roc  •  3 months ago
      UAE citizens and national have to be very greatful to have such great leaders whose missions are to improve the quality of life for their own citizen. Great Leaders. If only the leaders of countries such as Syria and Iran would learn from such Great Muslim Leaders such as His Highness
    • Benjamin
      Benjamin  •  Dubai, Dubai  •  3 months ago
      MAY ALMIGHTY GOD BLESS HIGHNESS AND GIVE HIM LONG LIFE AND HIS FAMILY,IN JESUS NAME AMEN
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