Kuwait MoI planning to deport residency violators; New site to accommodate those detained

Instructions have been issued to the ministry of interior leadership to continue to pursue residency violators and increase inspection campaigns

Kuwait: The ministry of interior preparing to arrest hundreds of thousands of residency violators, local media reported. The sources pointed out that instructions have been issued to the ministry of interior leadership to continue to pursue residency violators and increase inspection campaigns. Meanwhile, the interior ministry will provide a new site to accommodate those detained at the deportation prison in preparation for their deportation from the country.

The sources stressed the deportation procedures will not be lengthy, and the ministry of interior will work in cooperation with concerned authorities to deport violators within three days of their arrest, except for those who have cases that require them to be detained to complete their trials. The sources pointed out the instructions were also issued to punish the sponsors of those who are arrested and preventing them from sponsoring foreigners for a period of not less than two years, as well as bearing the cost of deporting the expatriate. The deported foreigners will face a permanent ban on entering Kuwait in the future, sources added.