Kuwait Deports 1,200 Filipinos in 9 Months

Kuwait deported nearly 1,200 Filipinos in the first 9 months of this year for committing various offences, according to the Interior Ministry.

The deportees were within around 18,000 expatriates expelled by the oil-rich Gulf country during that period for offences involving violation of visa and labour rules, traffic and criminal offences, and contagious disease.

A Ministry source, quoted by the Kuwaiti daily Al Qabas, said the deportees included around 12,000 men and 6,000 women.

Indians accounted for more than a third of the total deportees, with around 5,000 followed by Bangladeshis with 2,500 deportees.

The report the figure also comprised nearly 2,100 Nepalese, 1,700 Ethiopians, 1,400 Sri Lankans and 1,200 Filipinos. The rest include other Arabs, Asians and Westerners, according to the paper.

Source: https://filipinotimes.net