Companies with contracts to the US Army base in Kuwait will come under closer scrutiny by the Public Authority for Manpower (PAM) following the discovery of involvement by some of them in human trafficking.
Decisive action will be taken against such firms, said the Director of PAM Ahmad Al-Mousa. Elaborating on the discovery by investigators from the Residency Affairs Investigation Department, Al-Mousa said that in order to protect the rights of workers and prevent their exploitation, files of the companies found to be engaged in human trafficking will be closed and those responsible will be referred to the Public Prosecution.
He added that in order to prevent such situations from happening in the future a new mechanism will be implemented in cooperation with the Ministry of Defense and representatives from the US army to pre-approve contracts before hiring workers. He also clarified that the contract vetting process would include a clause that calls for separation of Kuwaiti workers from expatriates. This would enable the automatic termination of residencies of expats when their contracts expire.
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