Kuwait expelled 15,000 expatriates within eight months because they did not have a source of livelihood that would enable them to live a decent life in the country, while the municipality terminated the services of 132 expatriates as part of a government plan to settle jobs, according to local media.
Al-Rai newspaper quoted an unnamed security source that the Ministry of Interior has expelled about 15,000 violating expatriates from the country since the beginning of this year until yesterday, Thursday. It turns out that he had no apparent means of subsistence, as many of this category were seized and deported from the country.”
The source added that, “After monitoring a lot of marginal workers, and to cut off the way for residency dealers, the security campaigns focused on raiding random markets, seizing street vendors and customers in those locations, and referring them to the residency affairs investigations investigations, in preparation for taking measures to deport them from the country.”
Last month, the Minister of Municipality, Rana Al-Faris, announced a 3-phase time plan for Kuwaitization of jobs in the municipality. The first phase begins with the termination of contracts for 33% of non-Kuwaitis, in a warning period starting from 1 September. As for the second phase, 33% of services will be terminated on February 1, 2023, and in the third phase, a warning period will be given from July 1, 2023 to the remaining number of employees.
On the other hand, the Kuwait Municipality decided to terminate the services of 132 expatriates working in a number of municipal sectors. The local newspaper, “Al-Qabas”, quoted an informed source – unnamed – that the decision issued by the municipality’s director general, Ahmed Al-Manfouhi, came within the Kuwaitiization policy issued by the Civil Service Council, and in implementation of the policy of replacing national elements.
