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Kuwait deports 610 expats in five days for violating residency and labour laws
Cairo: Kuwait has said it deported 610 expatriates found guilty of violating its residency and labour laws as the country is pressing ahead with an inexorable security clampdown on illegal foreigners.
The Interior Ministry said inspection campaigns carried out by the General Administration of Residency Affairs Investigations from December 1resulted in the arrest of 317 violators of the residency and labour laws against whom the necessary measures are being taken
During the same period, 610 other violators were deported from the country.
The ministry vowed to intensify its security campaigns across the country and to arrest anyone who violates the residency and labour rules. Accountability targets the worker and the employer alike, the ministry warned.
Kuwait, a country of an overall population of 4.9 million people mostly foreigners, is seeking to redress its demographic imbalance and regulate the labour market.
During the grace period, irregular expatriates, who had no passports, were able to leave Kuwait without having to pay a fine and are allowed to re-enter the country.
The unlawful resident with no travel document was also allowed to get a new one and use it for departure.