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Deportation Hangs On Heads Of
Expats Like Sword Of Damocles
Poet Condemns Policy
Arab Times
KUWAIT CITY, Jan 3: Several
new Kuwaiti laws and legislations have reportedly been used to discriminate
against foreigners, according to Middle East Eye quoting several local
newspapers. According to newly established policies instituted by the interior
ministry and other authorities, a bundle of previously mundane blunders could
lead to the imposition of fines and deportation of foreigners in Kuwait. Among
the prohibitions are: having a barbecue on the beach or in a public park,
foreign teachers helping students cheat at educational institutes, violating
driving laws and collecting donations without a permit, according to a Facebook
Page called Residents in Kuwait.
Local newspaper Al-Seyassah
reported on Dec 29 that Egyptian and Lebanese foreign ministers in Kuwait are
pleading with government officials to provide their nationals adequate notice
periods before fining or deporting them. Over the past week, a raft of
shocking news headlines included: “Foreigners with expired passports have two
months before they are deported”; “Foreigners forced to bring their passports
to beach parties to avoid deportation and fines”; and “Save us Interior
Minister from the fines.”
According to Kuwaiti law,
decisions to deport a foreigner cannot be appealed. Kuwaiti poet and writer,
Thiraa’ Al-Rashidy in an article published Thursday in Kuwaiti electronic
newspaper Sbar condemned Kuwaiti officials for passing arbitrary policies that
aim to discriminate against foreign nationals in the country.
“The process is not dependent on
individuals and how they feel. People’s lives and futures are being held
hostage to these arbitrary policies,” said Rashidy. “Deportation policies will
harm the whole of the country, foreigners and nationals,” he added. According
to the poet, Kuwait is a signatory to several international covenants and
charters which prohibit its officials from deporting any resident lawfully
present in the country without a court order.
— Middle East Eye
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