No plan to deport expats, clarifies Minister
Thursday, January 19, 2017
“The government does not intend to deport expatriates from this country”, says the State Minister for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Al-Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah in an attempt to dissipate fears over forced deportation of expatriates from the country.
According to Arab Times report, minister said that the existing vibes in this regard are related to the file concerning rectification of the imbalance of population
structure through organizational measures which will only affect marginal and unproductive labor force that represent the cause of this population crisis.
Sheikh Mohammad Al-Abdullah stressed that the statements or reports over possible move to deport thousands of expatriates were not issued by the government. Any decision concerning the expatriate labor force will be taken in accordance with the law as well as in consideration of humanitarian aspects, he added.
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