Saudi Gazette reports that a Saudi NGO is working to clear up the paperwork to bring 1,000 children, born abroad to Saudi fathers, into the folds of Saudi citizenship. Whether it’s a matter of young Saudis sowing wild oats or broken families, the Shoura Council and various charitable groups are concerned that there are children with valid claims to Saudi nationality living in poverty around the world. The work is meritorious, of course, but it also strikes me as a huge project that will get certain Saudis quite angry, particularly if it imposes a financial burden upon them.

Charity wants 1,000 Saudi children abroad, back home
Nawaf Aafat

RIYADH – The Saudi Charitable Society Caring for Saudi Families Abroad (Awassir) is studying the condition of 1,000 Saudi children abroad in 15 Asian and African countries.

Abdullah Al-Hamoud, chairman of the society said the study would disclose many matters concerning the life and upbringing of these children and how they came to be in these countries in addition to the efforts being made to bring them back to the Kingdom. He said there are efforts being made by the Shoura Council and some institutions but the problem is ongoing.
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