Kuwait mulls plan to deport sacked expats

The Kuwaiti government is reportedly studying plans to immediately deport any worker who loses his job, as officials revealed that around 41,000 expats have been asked to leave the country since January 2015.

A source told Arabic daily Alanba that an estimated 26,600 migrants were deported last year as part of efforts to dramatically reduce the number of expats in the country, who are thought to make up 70 percent of the population.

“This is the highest number of expatriates to be deported from Kuwait in decades,” the source was quoted as saying.

Kuwait is also mulling plans to force foreign workers to immediately leave the country if they are sacked, according to Kuwait Times.

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