Since 2013 the MInistry of Interior (MoI) has deported around 148,000 expatriates from Kuwait, most of them were expelled for residency and labor law violations, while a smaller number of criminals and other offenders were also deported. Nearly 60 percent (88,000) of those deported were men.
A community- and gender-wise breakup reveals that a fifth of all those deported during the past six years were Indian men (29,000), followed by Egyptians (16,000), Bangladeshis (14,000), Sri Lankans and Nepalese (5,000), Ethiopians (4,000) and Filipinos (1,700), with the rest being men of different other nationalities.
Among women deportees, Ethiopians came in first with 14,000 deportees, followed by Filipinos (13,500), Sri Lankans (12,000), Indians (7,000), Nepalese (5,000), Egyptians (400) and Bangladeshis (200), and the rest being other nationalities.
A source at MoI emphasized that the administrative of the Deportation Department is making strenuous efforts to deport expatriates, in coordination with other bodies such as the Ports Department and the Criminal Evidences Department represented by the Department of Personnel Investigation, the Public Administration of Correctional Institutions, the Execution of Judgments and the General Administration of Immigration, Preventive Security and Rescue Patrols.
The source stressed that the deportation department is governed by binding controls and the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Lt-Gen Sheikh Khalid Jarrah and Undersecretary of the Ministry of Interior, Essam Al-Nham are keen to see that no one is subjected to injustice or arbitrariness.
Reiterating the keenness of authorities to abide by international standards and take into consideration humanitarian aspects before deporting expatriates, the source explained that there were several expatriates who are awaiting deportation, as the situation in their country of origin is unstable at the moment.
The source pointed out that when the expatriates inform the Kuwaiti authorities that traveling to their home country is dangerous, such cases are fully studied and if true, international organizations or the UNHCR committee are notified. Included in the deportation records are those who voluntarily opted to leave the country.
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