Document #1206826
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
According to External Affairs, a
non-Djiboutian marrying a citizen of Djibouti may apply to the
Djibouti Ministry of the Interior for citizenship. Children born in
Djibouti of a Djiboutian mother and a non-Djiboutian father may
also apply to the Djibouti Ministry of the Interior for
citizenship. If they are born outside of Djibouti, they are not
eligible for Djiboutian citizenship. However, children of a
Djiboutian father and a foreign mother may acquire Djiboutian
citizenship regardless of where they are born. Application for
citizenship may not necessarily result in the acquisition of
citizenship, nor does the Djiboutian government allow for dual
citizenship.
However, a text of regulations regarding
the acquisition of Djiboutian citizenship by someone born in
Djibouti of foreign parents is currently unavailable to the IRBDC.
According to an official of the Djiboutian Embassy in Washington
DC, it is a very long and complicated process for a foreigner to
acquire Djiboutian citizenship. He stated that Somali nationals are
not given special treatment. The attached articles on the situation
of the numerous Somali refugees in Djibouti may be helpful.
Canada's periodical on refugees, Refuge, vol.6, No.4.
Downsview: York University Refugee Documentation Project, May
1987.
Roger P. Winter, "Down and Out in Djibouti", The Washington
Post, Washington: 29 August 1989.