UTIAC (1) The distinction made in previous country guidance in respect of Kuwaiti Bidoon, between those who are documented and those who are undocumented, is maintained, but the relevant crucial document, from possession of which a range of benefits depends, is the security card, rather than the ‘civil identification documents’ referred to in the previous country guidance in HE [2006] UKAIT 00051. To that extent the guidance in HE is amended.
(2) The evidence relating to the documented Bidoon does not show them to be at real risk of persecution or breach of their protected human rights.
(3) The evidence concerning the undocumented Bidoon does show them to face a real risk of persecution or breach of their protected human rights.
(4) It must be assumed that Bidoon who did not register between 1996 and 2000, and hence did not obtain security cards, are as a consequence undocumented Bidoon, though this must be seen in the context of the evidence that most Bidoon carry security cards.
Allen, Reeds UTJJ
[2013] UKUT 356 (IAC)
Bailii
England and Wales
Immigration
Updated: 18 November 2021; Ref: scu.514189