Kuwait to deport 800,000 foreign workers
Kuwait is planning to deport 800,000 foreign workers over the next three years, Kuwaiti Arabic language daily Al-Watan reported Thursday.
The expatriates are to be sent home for committing crimes, being trouble-makers, importing infectious diseases and being marginal laborers, the newspaper said without identifying the source of the information.
Foreigners accounted for almost 2.4 million of Kuwait's population of 3.4 million at the end of 2007.
The news follows a report earlier this month by Kuwaiti daily Arab Times which said a controversial plan to limit how long expatriates can live in the Gulf is back before labour ministers.
Gulf ministers are currently discussing whether expats' stay should be capped at five or six years, and which professions should be exempt, the newspaper said.
http://www.arabianbusiness.com/528482-kuwait-to-deport-800000-foreign-wo...
Abuses take place and that cannot be condoned. It has nothing to do with Islam.
As far as the Bangladeshis go, I believe there are a lot more than 200,000 in the Gulf.
Saudi has had major problems with them and has deported a lot.
please they use them to build up the city then kick them the hell out. Qatar going to do the same thing its a dirty world we live in
This is from a banned american website.
Last week in a rare development in Middle East, thousands of Bangladeshi workers went to strike protesting poor living conditions, serious abuse and human rights violations.
I hope you were not surprised with the aftermath of this. Instead of addressing the human rights abuse issue that has been happening for years, the complainers got hammered. Why would we be surprised? This is Middle East after all. No one has a right to complain. If you do complain or try to raise the issue to long over due attention, all you get is yet more abuse and rampage. Well, for thousands of poor legal employees, they got a forceful deportation.
Asia News reported on August 05 "Kuwait has expelled a thousand workers from Bangladesh, believed to be responsible for violent protest demonstrations, but at the same time it has announced a law against "visa merchants" and the exploitation of foreign workers, the factors that unleashed the workers' protest."
It also reported "Last week, hundreds of employees of Kuwaiti businesses unleashed a series of demonstrations to ask for better labor conditions and fair pay. The motives of the protest include forms of sexual violence suffered by women who act as domestic workers. This phenomenon, together with that of forced labor, was denounced in June in a report from the U.S. state department on the condition of workers in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Oman, and Qatar".
Wait a minute. Are we talking about "sexual violence" toward female workers? Is this happening in an Arab nation? I believe Islam forbid that and abusers are supposed to get stoned to death as punishment. Apparently, that does not apply for our oil-rich Arab friends there.
My twelve-miles-a-gallon ML350 is literally making these guys rich. Every mile I drive, that money is enabling these inhuman beings to bring more women as "domestic workers" from poor nations and sexually abuse them. I feel morally responsible, don't you? We must intervene and take action.
According to a report there are about 200,000 workers from Bangladesh in the Gulf countries, mostly employed for cleaning services or as security guards.
why do you need to care. If Kuwaiti's don't want you and you're a labourer who commits crimes, is a trouble-makers, and imports infectious diseases , why do you need to care? Just don't want them back. Simple as that.
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Being in Kuwait for 5 years I can bet that 50% of the deported list r gonna b bangladeshis
I've never heard about this till just now... Geez.
Hope they don't push through with the time limit thing.
So whos gonna replace them?? Are we going to have Kuwaiti Labourers now?
this is kuwait. foriegners get deported for being disease-ridden. fine, send the disease-ridden home. how about others. illegals can be deported. If you make expatriatism hard, they are gonna choke their economy.
guess they dont read foriegn papers....look into autria for instance...very painfull
Why can't they be more like the Kuwaitis..???
Nice friendly law abiding people.....
Disease free......
Not making trouble for anyone.......
Such hard working people.....
lol, I've only been out once this week and that was for a charity thing. I'll be taking leave for two days to help Omar settle in so that means I'll be free :)
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That hurts.
"Everything in this book may be wrong." Illusions: The Adventures of The Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach
Will the replace these 800,000 ??
I wonder if this is aimed mainly at one community..
@abuamerican, too true!
On a side note, just to let you know know Omar's locked in his ticket for the 4th of September, means we'll be able to meet soon!
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... and fits all these catogories :o)
committing crimes, being trouble-makers, importing infectious diseases and being marginal laborers (she's a teacher!)
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That's given me something to say 'well, well, well' about ALL day :D