UPR 2018 - United Arab Emirates Statelessness
Mexico and Ecuador were the only countries who made recommendations addressing stateless in the previous UPR cycle, neither of which were accepted. Half hearted efforts to solve the issue of statelessness in the country through compulsory registration of long-term residents have not provided a secure, viable long term legal status to the numerous stateless persons residing in the UAE. Rather, the ‘Emirates ID’ and Comoros passport schemes have cemented these persons’ status as non-nationals.
