A recent investigation by the times has uncovered a disturbing pattern of abandonment affecting unwed mothers and their offspring in saudi arabia The report shows that many children are denied fundamental rights such as birth certificates, access to medical care, and the opportunity to attend school. Kenyan single mothers trapped in saudi arabia, unable to leave the country due to their children being denied birth certificates and exit visas because they were born outside of marriage. In saudi arabia, thousands of children born to kenyan mothers navigate life without official recognition or identity Among them is blessings iminza, who has endured eight years of statelessness, unable to return to kenya with her mother Her story exemplifies the devastating consequences of undocumented migration and restrictive immigration policies
These children emerge from what local. A times investigation found that children are routinely deprived of birth certificates, medical care and education Diplomats and police officers turned the mothers away. A guardian investigation has found women formerly employed as domestic workers in saudi arabia who appear to be “trapped” in the country after being denied birth certificates for their children or visas in order to leave and return home. Five women interviewed in the guardian gave troubling accounts of fleeing abuse at the hands employers who confiscated their own identity documents Any children born to these women, during relationships with fellow migrant workers, are then unregistered as saudi arabia criminalises sex outside marriage.
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