Dubai, June 20, 2026 (AFP) - Stateless and forced into exile, Bahraini families stuck in limbo

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2026-06-20

When Ali saw his name and that of his three-month-old daughter in the news on April 27, he fainted: they were among 69 people stripped of Bahraini citizenship in the aftermath of the Iran war. On the same day, he got a call from authorities asking him to turn in his official documents and those of his infant. In the next days, Ali, 31, his daughter and his wife were forced to leave for Iran, never to return. He tried to fly to the United Kingdom,......

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